by David Safier A friend told me he’s seen ads for Arizona Virtual Academy on Blog for Arizona lately. I have to admit, I never look at the ads, so . . . No, I didn’t mean it! I not only look at them, I buy everything they tell me to buy! Keep those ads … Read more
by David Safier Someone who says he scored and commented on papers the Arizona Virtual Academy (AZVA) sent to India writes that all the papers he read had the students’ names and IDs on them. This is in direct contradiction to what I was told by the former head of AZVA. She said all personal … Read more
by David Safier If you walked into a hospital and saw your surgeon hunched over his Nintendo Wii, would you run out the door screaming and go on a frantic search for another doctor? You wouldn’t if you’ve read the recent research out of the Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix. The physicians enrolled in … Read more
by David Safier After Mary Gifford read my last post, AZ Charter School Board Conflict of Interest?, she called, wanting to correct the record, which I told her I would be happy to do. I mentioned that she can comment directly on the blog so her ideas won’t be filtered through my words. She said … Read more
by David Safier This is interesting. I wrote yesterday about Arizona Virtual Academy sending student papers to India to be commented on and scored. To get official confirmation for my information, I spoke with Mary Gifford at the school. I summarized parts of our conversation in that post. I was nosing around the internet today … Read more