by David Safier Read this portion of a Q&A with ASU President Michael Crow in what is turning out to be the best place for Capitol news, the Arizona Guardian. Q: For the moment, legislators seem intent to cut the three universities' budgets by something in excess of $100 million, perhaps in excess of $130 million. … Read more
by David Safier According to the Republic, the latest budget proposal cuts $142 million from universities, down from $175 million in the original Republican options statement but far more than the $100 million worth of pain the university said it could handle. But the cuts to K-12 are at $133 million, a third higher than … Read more
by David Safier From Riverside, CA, in yesterday's Star: A California appeals court has ruled that a Christian high school can expel students because of an alleged lesbian relationship. The 4th District Court of Appeal in Riverside on Monday upheld California Lutheran High School's right as a private, religious organization to exclude students based on … Read more
by David Safier From Russell Pearce: "We have been very, very good to education," Sen. Russell Pearce R-Mesa, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said earlier in the day. "There'll never be enough money for some of these folks, never, until they just strip the taxpayer of every penny they earn." I won't comment because … Read more
by David Safier I'm pleased to say that Matthew Ladner of the Goldwater Institute found my first column about some of his assertions (Fool's Gold: Cut teachers, improve schools) provocative enough he was moved to answer me in the Comments section beneath the post. Then I commented on his comment. Then he commented on my comment-on-his-comment. … Read more