by David Safier This is my first post about the candidates’ positions and proposals on education. The federal government’s role in public education is less in the U.S. than in lots of other countries, where there is often a nationwide curriculum and lots of national control. We have decided that the states and local communities … Read more
by David Safier Just a quick post today, because it’s all elections all the time for me. Everyone assumes that Bush’s proposed budget will be Dead on Arrival when it gets to Congress, but the budget he sent to the Hill is his wish list. So let’s see what Bush wishes for in education. Based … Read more
by David Safier A little over a week ago, Governor Napolitano made Arizona the 16th state to refuse abstinence-only money from the federal government. She gave two reasons. First, abstinence-only education doesn’t work. Second, it costs Arizona matching funds the state can ill afford, given our current budget woes. When it comes to education, I’m … Read more
by David Safier I’m going to leave yesterday’s controversial tax-and-spend posting behind for today, though I have to ask, in response to one comment: Why is it people talk about “throwing money at education” but you never hear anyone use the phrase “throwing money at military defense”? Just asking. If you haven’t visited the site, … Read more
by David Safier The Saturday Daily Star has it exactly right in its editorial, Legislature continues to shortchange kids. “Arizona’s record of supporting public education is abysmal,” it states. Arizona is the worst in the nation on per-student school spending, according to Quality Counts 2008, an annual education report by the non-profit organization Education Week. … Read more