by David Safier Want to make $125,000 a year as a teacher? Apply to work at a New York charter school opening its doors in 2009. Here’s how it will work. Teachers in Grades 5-8 will see 30 students per class, most of them from low income, Hispanic families, teach longer school days and school … Read more
by David Safier (TASL) It’s time to update the progress of the recent court ruling on ELL. Here’s what it boils down to: Court: Fund ELL by March 4. Horne: Screw you. There’s a bit more to it than that, but not much. When Horne was confronted with the March 4 deadline, he said he … Read more
by David Safier (TASL)“We Deserve Math.” “It’s Our Right.” You gotta love those middle schoolers who walked out of school and waved those hand made signs over their heads to protest the fact that they don’t have a permanent math teacher. And you gotta be angry at an education system that leaves 93 TUSD classrooms … Read more
by David Safier Arizona has made the big time once again. We have McCain, of course, and now we have State Senator Karen Johnson. She’s featured in today’s New York Times article, Arizona Weighs Bill to Allow Guns on Campuses. I enlarged the photo of her sitting in what I assume is her office. Here … Read more
by David Safier A few days back, I wrote about Senator Tim Bee’s legislation to extend the Career Ladder program to all Arizona school districts. I expressed skepticism about both the Career Ladder program and Tim Bee’s motives. Since then I have had a change of heart and of mind. I now support his legislation … Read more