by David Safier My last post spooked me, so here's something on a far more positive note. Amphi High opened Gallery 125, a photo gallery, in the lobby of its Performing Arts Center. As you can see at right, these are carefully mounted and framed, beautifully displayed photos. Gallery 125 is a culmination of two … Read more
by David SafierNow that stimulus money for education is being doled out, Ed Sec Arne Duncan is giving states a preview of what it will take to get more money next year: data about performance. Things like: State test scores side by side with National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) scores. This could cause some … Read more
by David SafierIn today's Star, there's a story about City High School students helping out the family of a recent graduate whose family has a combination of financial and health problems. They did some yard work and trash hauling at a mobile home the family is moving into, and they presented the family with a … Read more
by David SafierA reader sent me a March 10 article from KTAR News with an easily overlooked paragraph where Tom Horne said, in essence, Hey, don't blame the legislators for schools' budget woes: Horne said that state lawmakers have taken an unfair amount of blame for recent cuts in education funding. He said the most … Read more
by David SafierThe State Supreme Court has spoken: vouchers are unconstitutional in Arizona. Yet we continue to argue about them here at BfA. Well, no more. Or not for awhile anyway. My sense is that vouchers will sit on a back bench in Arizona for awhile. Though voucher advocates have two basic avenues they can … Read more