by David Safier I just opened a News Release sent last night by House Democrats Kyrsten Sinema, David Schapira and Olivia Cajero Bedford. The House Appropriations Committee voted 7-4 to pass Sinema’s substitute motion that the Appropriations Committee remain open to additional options to reduce the revenue shortfall as they consider the 2009 budget solution. … Read more
by David Safier Thane, a frequent commenter on BfA, usually knows his job: to disagree with everything I say. But today he let me down by linking to a video I like enough to post: "It's not on the test" by Tom Chapin. You'll enjoy it.
by David Safier Two hundred students and a few others showed up at the UA Mall on Tuesday to protest the budget cuts to Arizona universities. Yesterday 950 "students, faculty members, staffers, business leaders and parents" showed up at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting at UA to speak their mind. One of the people who spoke … Read more
by David Safier A first grade teacher from Utah, JC Michaels, just wrote a comment on a six month old post (that's the beauty of the internet, these things hang around forever) about the balance between phonics and whole language instruction. I thought others might be interested. Since I was a high school English teacher, … Read more
by David Safier Here are two bits of information which are encouragingly contrary to what is considered common wisdom. First, with a barely-standing-room-only crowd of something like 2 million people in the Mall during Inauguration, there have been no reports of arrests. I haven't even heard anyone complain about a picked pocket or rowdiness. Run … Read more