by David Safier Once again, let me admit that I'm not knowledgeable enough to discuss the details of Arizona's school funding. But I know snake oil when I see it. And G.I. is selling snake oil. Last night, I put up a statement by LEAN dissecting the claim by Matthew Ladner and the Goldwater Institute … Read more
by David Safier Anyone who has been following my running debates with Matthew Ladner of the Goldwater Institute has seen him write that Arizona actually spends more like $9,700 per student than the usually quoted figure of about $6,200. A recently formed group, LEAN (sorry, I don't know what the acronym stands for) has explained … Read more
by David Safier About a week ago, I put together a post, Majority leadership wants to move away from public education. In the post, Javan Mesnard, the Senate Majority (read, Republican) Staff Policy Advisor, said that a goal of the Republican leadership was to move toward charter and private schools and away from traditional public schools. … Read more
by David Safier A number of groups have banded together, headed by the Arizona Education Association, to put together what they hope will be the largest mobilization for education in the state's history. It's Wednesday, March 4, 4pm at the Arizona State Capitol: 1700 West Washington, Phoenix. If you want to be even more involved, there … Read more
by David Safier Here's the money quote from a N.Y. Times article about the Democratic push to limit or end vouchers in D.C. Last year, a Congressionally mandated review of the program by Department of Education researchers concluded that there were no significant differences between the test scores of students who received a voucher and … Read more