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
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
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
by David Safier (TASL) This is going to be one of those rare posts where I don’t know where I stand on an issue. I have to admit, I’m confused. The top story in today’s Star sports section is, TUSD athletes pay more to play this fall. TUSD is raising its pay-to-play fee from $30 … Read more