“Nurse, Hand Me That Clamp, Scalpel, Nintendo!”

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

AZ Charter School Board Conflict of Interest?

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

$97 Million Surplus at the AZ Ed. Dept.?

by David Safier According to The Skinny in the current Tucson Weekly: State agencies didn’t spend all the money they anticipated, so there’s an extra $189 million still left in those bank accounts. That includes $97 million from the Department of Education and $54 million from AHCCCS, the state’s health-insurance program. $97 million Tom Horne … Read more

AZ Online Charter School Outsources Education

Note from Mike Bryan: David Safier has been doing a great job covering aspects of the education scene on BlogforArizona that are largely ignored by the MSM (and he’s become quite a wit with his missives from the McCain “Ranch”). In his first endeavor at an investigative piece, on outsourcing at one of Arizona’s online … Read more