by David Safier No, not that odd couple. Much, much odder. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and the Rev. Al Sharpton are scheduled to tour acclaimed charter school BASIS Tucson for a few hours on Oct. 1, BASIS spokeswoman Arwynn Mattix confirmed Monday. This is part of a nationwide tour. Along with U.S. … Read more
by David SafierI find this to be a promising development. ASU has teamed with the Phoenix Elementary School District to create two charter schools "under the umbrella of a non-profit group called University Public Schools Inc." The focus is "on steering disadvantaged kids toward the university gates." If the schools are successful, everyone benefits. If … Read more
by David SafierIn another example of the benefits that can come from good investigative journalism, Fort Wayne's Journal Gazette published an editorial today using the East Valley Trib's articles on Arizona's tuition tax credit abuses as a warning for Indiana. Indiana just passed a tuition tax credit law. It's only $2.5 million, a drop in … Read more
by David Safier “It’s our school as much as anyone else’s school. We’ve made it very clear that if you don’t trust us, don’t start with us, because we are there forever. It’s very difficult to unwind this marriage, and it was meant to be that way.”Dennis Bakke, founder, President and CEO of Imagine Schools … Read more
by David SafierIt's just too hard to resist. Easy to read stats and charts, easy to understand conclusions, a bit of punch to the results. The Goldwater Institute should be in marketing, not think-tanking. Oh, wait, that's right. It is. Last Thursday I showed the methodological weaknesses of two G.I. studies that "conclude" private schools … Read more