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
by David Safier You can sum up McCain’s education policy by saying he’s for school vouchers and . . . well, that’s about it. He also wants merit pay and he likes the idea of higher salaries for teachers working in difficult schools, but those are on the periphery. It’s all vouchers all the time … Read more
by David Safier (TASL) OK, so the headline is a bit deceptive. Teachers aren’t really being asked to pay extra taxes. What’s happening is that teachers and the rest of the staff at Tucson schools will be getting no raises this year. I estimate it will cost about 2% more to live this year than … Read more