No Prayer Allowed in School? I Don’t Think That’s True.

by David Safier An article in today’s Star discusses a current high school textbook filled with conservative-tinged inaccuracies. Global warming, it seems, is “enmeshed in scientific uncertainty,” and it’s a terrible thing that the Court might have the power to make a ruling about the legality of same sex marriages, rather than leaving it to … Read more

Lots of Good Educational News from Arizona and Beyond

by David Safier I keep on meaning to write about these, and other, articles that have come my way, but something always seems to come up. So here is a list of interesting articles, most of them positive, that you can read yourself if you’re interested. (Note: I find myself complaining on this blog most … Read more

More About Tim Bee’s “Not a Campaign Ad” Campaign Ad

by David Safier I want to add to Mike’s post, Bee the Recidivist? (Damn you, Mike, for using words in your headline I have to look up! [“Recidivist” means repeat offender, for the vocab-challenged among us. It’s one of them high fallutin’ legal terms.]) The ad praising Tim for his work on a bill that … Read more

This is What Education is All About

by David Safier In the interest of full disclosure, I’m a big Obama supporter, and this video is from Obama’s website. Having said that, I urge you to watch this video, not to make you support Obama, but to see what a high school classroom is like at its best. This isn’t a room full … Read more

A Tax-and-Spend Conservative?

by David Safier (TASL) About a month ago, I wrote a Tax-And-Spend Liberal News Service Manifesto, explaining why I support raising taxes on those who can afford it so we have enough money to spend on education and other government run public services. Today I found a surprising new comment at the bottom of the … Read more