by David Safier Joseph Galloway has an op ed in this morning’s Star, Today’s combat vets deserve new GI bill. According to Galloway: Sen. James Webb, D-Va., a Vietnam veteran, has been doggedly pursuing passage of a new GI Bill aimed at helping these new wartime veterans get that education by giving them much the … Read more
by David Safier Two Sundays ago, I promoted the website, FreeRice.com. Last Sunday it was DailyLit.com. Today, in a blatant act of self promotion, I’m introducing you to a site I created, School Tales in 19th Century Literature. The site, very simply, is a collection of short stories, excerpts from novels and one essay by … Read more
by David Safier The New York Times ran an article last month that caught my eye: Losing an Edge, Japanese Envy India’s Schools. The article begins: Japan is suffering a crisis of confidence these days about its ability to compete with its emerging Asian rivals, China and India. But even in this fad-obsessed nation, one … Read more
The Arizona legislature is trying to damage public education again by introducing irresponsible legislation to create vouchers, all in the name of change or reform. Download a summary of Arizona education voucher bills this session. (PDF) In recent years "change" in education has been defined, by conservative proponents of vouchers, as providing a small percentage … Read more
by David Safier This from Tucson Weekly’s article, Going for Broke. Governor Napolitano has laid out her proposal for next year’s state budget, which involves borrowing money for school construction and going into the state’s rainy day fund. Her ideas have been in the papers for weeks, so that’s not news. Here is the only … Read more