by David Safier This falls into the “Damn, I wish I wrote that!” category. Nancy McCallion, a third grade teacher in Tucson, published a terrific op ed in today’s Star: Fight social promotion with aides in classroom. Here’s the passage that’s worth the price of admission: Teachers promote students because they don’t think retention will … Read more
by David Safier Yesterday I wrote a question to Tom Horne during a live chat on the Star website. His answer, I wrote in a post, gave me the impression that he is OK with the idea that more students will drop out if we end social promotion. Horne disagrees with my conclusion. He put … Read more
by David Safier A few more quotes from Horne’s live chat on The Star’s website. No W (shanafan): What is the status of AIMS tests for other subjects like science and social studies? Will students also be required to pass these subjects? Tom H (tomhorneaz): Science is tested in 4th grade and 8th grade, and … Read more
by David Safier You be the judge. As I write this, Tom Horne is conducting a live chat on the Star’s website about social promotion. As you know if you read my earlier post on the topic, he’s against social promotion. So I decided to ask a question, and Horne decided to answer. See if … Read more
by David Safier Thanks to Slade Mead for catching this item on his blog, The Dry Heat. As an ex-State Senator and a 2006 candidate for State Ed Sup, he knows more about this kind of insider baseball than I ever will. I’m sure you know you can get an Arizona Tax Credit for giving … Read more