by David Safier It looks like Arizona has lost its chance for a national spotlight on allowing guns in schools. Texas beat us to it. A tiny district will allow teachers and staff members to carry concealed firearms to deter and protect against school shootings when classes begin this month, provided the gun-toting employees follow … Read more
by David Safier When I first wrote about Arizona Virtual Academy sending student papers to India, I received a comment from “Suji” who claimed to be one of the people who worked on the papers in India. I use the word “claimed” because I have no way of knowing the identity of the commenter. However, … Read more
by David Safier NOTE: This post deals with one aspect of the AZVA/K12 Inc. outsourcing topic. You can read all my posts on the topic here. If you only want to read one post, this is the one that pulls most of the threads together. Parents and interested educators in other states might direct questions … Read more
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