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Can some good come out of this?
November 16, 2008
by David Safier I tend to scoff at people who talk about good coming out of evil. ("Doesn't it gladden your heart to know that some Germans put their lives at risk to hide Jews in their homes during World War II?" No, it doesn't, when I balance it against the vast majority who condoned
Social promotion is not the Great Satan
November 16, 2008
by David Safier Kudos to Rhonda Bodfield for the series of investigative articles she wrote in the Star awhile back about social promotion. It's a topic worth looking into. But in today's article, which slams local school districts for not taking action on her findings, she gets a little carried away with herself. Actually, she gets
J the P tries to stretch his 15 minutes
November 15, 2008
by David Safier Tedski over at Rum, Romanism and Rebellion noted that Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, aka J the P, now has a website, secureourdream.com. Yes, that Samuel J. Wurzelbacher. I I had to follow up. It seems Samuel (Can I call you Sam? Thanks.) . . . Sam believes he has something to share with the world.
The latest right wing meme: What school for Obama’s children?
November 15, 2008
by David Safier If one conservative pundit writes a column about the hypocrisy of Obama sending his kids to private school, it's just a column. When the next day another conservative pundit writes that, to be consistent, Obama should send his kids to public school, we're seeing the creation of a new talking point from
Pay for grades?
November 15, 2008
by David Safier (TASL) I find this encouraging. Freshmen in the Sunnyside School District will get free laptops if they keep a 2.5 or better GPA and have a 95% attendance record. Will this change behavior or just reward the students who are already doing well? Single-period absences for freshmen at Desert View High School
Star says No to college tuition tax
November 15, 2008
by David Safier The Star agrees with what I wrote in an earlier post that the state shouldn't take tuition funds to shore up Arizona's budget problems: We understand the financial straits facing the state. But taking students' money from universities demonstrates the backward tendencies of lawmakers who refuse to accept that Arizona can't grow
State to tax college tuition?
November 14, 2008
by David Safier Looks like Russell Pearce wants to increase state revenues by taxing Arizona college tuition. He doesn't call it a tax, but that's what his proposal amounts to: Lawmakers are eyeing an extra $56.7 million collected in tuition by the three public universities, possibly to help balance the state budget. See, the universities raised tuition
Sometimes it takes genius to see the obvious
November 14, 2008
by David Safier Obama will deliver his weekly radio address this weekend. No one will listen, though a few news shows might pull out a sound bite or two. For the first time, the address will also be videotaped and put on YouTube. If anything's worth seeing, people can view it any time they want.
