by David SafierNow this is a test driven student culture. Fourteen to 16 hours a day, he studied for the college entrance examination, which this year will determine the fate of more than 10 million Chinese students. He took one day off every three weeks. [snip] Families pull out all the stops to optimize their … Read more
by David SafierHere's part of the history of Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana who Obama just nominated to be assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education. She was in the lowest reading group in first grade, though the teacher was told by her parents that she could already read in Spanish. But the parents were … Read more
by David SafierEd Sec Arne Duncan said Arizona will receive $681 million in education money and can apply for another $335.5 million in the fall. It's money Brewer applied for on May 22. Does this mean worries about state budget cuts endangering stimulus money were unfounded? I don't know enough about the ins and outs … Read more
by David SafierLet me try to sort this out. Dem legislators don't like the R budget. Guv doesn't like the R budget. R legislators don't like Guv's sales tax increase, and they won't even dignify the Dem budget with a comment. Dem legislators don't like Guv's sales tax increase, because it's the wrong tax increase. … Read more
by David SafierAccording to commmenter CCUSD Watch, Basis Scottsdale pays its teachers $100,000 per year in part from a grant from Intel's Craig Barrett and in part from its own master teacher fundraising program. The Basis schools in Tucson and Scottsdale are charter schools, meaning they can't pay their teachers 100 grand each on their … Read more