by David Safier I experienced a dozen conflicting emotions as I read Nicholas Kristof's NY Times, column, Education's Ground Zero this morning. I'm on Kristof's side of most issues. When I'm not, I know I can't dismiss him. Today, though, his column has echoes of the ideas conservatives have been pushing about education. Hence, the conflict. … Read more
by David Safier This could be good news from Education Week (it's a subscribers only site): The recently enacted economic-stimulus bill requires every state to take steps to improve teacher effectiveness, as well as to tackle one of the most pervasive problems in K-12 education: inequities in access to top teaching talent for poor and … Read more
by David Safier It may not rank up there with March madness, and it'll take much longer to see who ends up with the most points on the Gubernatorial scoreboard (if the two decide to play in the tournament), but it looks like the Brewer/Goddard rivalry is beginning to go public. The Arizona ELL controversy … Read more
by David Safier This just in. Obama hearts Phoenix, where he's been before, and disses Southern Arizona — again — where, so far as I know, he's never set foot. He'll be speaking at the ASU Commencement, May 13, 7pm. Do you think, maybe, he watched Hamlet 2? AZ Blue Meanie, you want to send the … Read more
by David Safier You may have heard that Sen. Al Melvin received the lowest rating among Republican senators from The Pachyderm Coalition, a very conservative organization. He was one of only three legislators in both houses to earn the dreaded RINO (Republican In Name Only) label. Yes, that Al Melvin — proud Minuteman, Reagan Republican, … Read more