by David Safier I wrote yesterday about freshmen at Desert View and Sunnyside High School getting free laptops. As AZW88 commented at the end of the post, most of the money and equipment for this program has been donated, but he notes one prominent company which hasn't participated. Companies and organizations have donated tons of … Read more
by David Safier The Arizona fight over ELL funding is going all the way to the Supremes. The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to step into a long-running lawsuit in Arizona over funding for services to English-language learners. The justices accepted appeals from legislative leaders and the state schools superintendent of lower-court rulings that Arizona … Read more
by David Safier Here's a story that feels good and probably is good. The long awaited day to give computers to freshmen at Desert View and Sunnyside High School arrived, and 505 students are now proud owners of brand spankin' new HP laptops. Here's how the program works. To earn a laptop, they had to … Read more
by David Safier This is a preemptive rant. I fear Democratic legislators will get all squishy when budget discussions roll around and concede to the Republicans that, yes, our current budget crisis means we have to make some cuts to our education budgets. Don't do it! I've already heard rumors that, during the budget talks … Read more
by David Safier Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing everything in his power to save California education. Like: Eliminating a week of school. Increasing class size. Freezing teacher salaries. Cutting the science graduation requirement from two courses to one. Cutting $2.1 billion from this year's education budget and $3.1 billion from next year's. Boy oh boy, is … Read more