by David SafierI posted yesterday about Matthew Ladner's poll showing that high school students don't know basic civics. I'm sure he's right, and I think schools should do better, but I gently accused him of playing "Ain't it awful?" with the data — taking a pot shot at public schools by hyping a genuine finding. … Read more
by David SafierFriend of the blog and Goldwater Institute guy Matthew Ladner put out a scathing indictment of the way we teach, or don't teach, civics in schools, which Rhonda Bodfield at the Star picked up this morning. The basic story is, high schools students can't pass a U.S. citizenship test. I won't fall into … Read more
by David SafierHere's a marvelous quote from a budget update by Jennifer Loredo that I found on R-Cubed: One interesting thing happened on the flat tax proposal. Senator Huppenthal amended the bill to create a new tax credit program for teachers for the purchase of classroom supplies. The tax credit would be in an amount … Read more
by David SafierYesterday I wrote about the Supreme Court decision to kick the ELL funding question back down to the federal court, and I mentioned that Howard Fischer had left an important fact out of his article in the Star: it was a 5-4 decision with the usual conservative-liberal split. Leaving that out left the … Read more
by David SafierI'm a little late with this post, but I was out of town when the Supremes decided Arizona isn't obligated to spend more money on ELL education. Howard Fischer's story on the decision in the Star is basically accurate. The Supreme Court sided with Horne and said the federal judge was wrong in … Read more