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Part 3, Education: The Rest of the Story
by David Safier This is the third and final segment of the first episode of the cable TV show, Education: The Rest of the Story, which Ann-Eve Pedersen and I are hosting, made possible by Tucson Cable Access. The show... Continue reading
Posted 1 hour ago at Blog For Arizona
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Illinois teacher calls it quits
by David Safier Fourth grade teacher Ellie Rubinstein decided to quit rather than take an involuntary transfer. She made a 10 minute video describing her reasons. What's interesting is that she left a career in advertising and public relations to... Continue reading
Posted 9 hours ago at Blog For Arizona
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A commenter about Edge High School
by David Safier Yesterday I posted about a column Tim Steller wrote talking about Edge High School, a charter school that serves students who are generally cast-offs from other schools and has a D grade from the state. The grade... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Blog For Arizona
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Good news day
by David Safier The news has been so dismal when I've picked up my morning paper lately, I've considered trying to find a local chapter of NewsAnon to cut back on my addiction. Then came today. It wasn't all good,... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Blog For Arizona
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Part 2, Education: The Rest of the Story
by David Safier As I posted yesterday, Ann-Eve Pedersen and I have created a new half hour cable TV show, Education: The Rest of the Story. What I neglected to mention yesterday is that the wonderful people at Tucson Cable... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Blog For Arizona
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The basis for the BASIS edge over Edge schools
by David Safier Tim Steller creates a dramatic illustration of the failings of Arizona's school grading system and the inherent unfairness of the proposed Performance Funding for schools in a column in today's Star. On the one hand, we have... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Blog For Arizona
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New local cable show on education
by David Safier Ann-Eve Pedersen and I have created a new half hour cable TV show, Education: The Rest of the Story (apologies to Paul Harvey). Our goal is to look deeper into education issues than what you usually see... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Blog For Arizona
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Sometimes teachers are the first First Responders
by David Safier There's the story out of the Oklahoma town devastated by today's tornado of a teacher who took the six children in her charge into a bathroom and laid on top of them so any falling or collapsing... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Blog For Arizona
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Finnish education expert gives the lie to the "Great Teachers" myth
by David Safier Recent international tests of students have put Finland's schools at or near the top of the rankings. Finnish education has a few traits that should make conservative "education reformers" sit up and take notice. It doesn't give... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Blog For Arizona
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Malpractice litigation helps reduce medical error
by David Safier The NY Times has a good op ed by UCLA law prof Joanna C. Schwartz on the value of malpractice litigation in reducing medical errors. Contrary to the notion that malpractice suits result in people hiding problems,... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Blog For Arizona
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New ad about Flake's gun background check vote
by David Safier A new ad about Jeff Flake's vote against background checks will be playing in Arizona through May 30. It's Caren Teves talking about her son and his fiance who were killed in the Aurora, Colorado, shooting, then... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at Blog For Arizona
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Democrats for Education Reform: the local players
by David Safier The national PAC Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) recently set up shop in Arizona. DFER is a pro "education reform" group funded primarily by hedge fund money that favors school choice, charter schools and vouchers with a... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at Blog For Arizona
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The BASIS Beat goes on
by David Safier I write a monthly column for The Explorer. My latest column is about BASIS, an appropriate topic for a paper whose distribution area spans BASIS Oro Valley and the new/old BASIS Tucson North (a new building that... Continue reading
Posted May 15, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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NBC's feel-good story about Hispanic students at UA
by David Safier It's nice to hear a positive story like this saying Hispanic students are succeeding at UA. The NBC News story says UA has a 44% Hispanic graduation rate compared to a 36% rate nationwide. It also says... Continue reading
Posted May 15, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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More on the possible AZ Senate budget deals
by David Safier Tom Prezelski and I chimed in about rumors of some Senate Democrats playing Let's Make a Budget Deal with Republican Senate President Andy Biggs. AZ Blue Meanie has the Capitol Times take below. The other country heard... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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California teachers want to be armed (but not with guns)
by David Safier For me, with my love of education and my concern about the out-of-control, NRA-fueled gun culture, this video says it all. Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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An award for investigative reporting on K12 Inc.
Posted May 14, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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Are some Senate Democrats cutting a budget deal with Andy Biggs?
by David Safier Rumors are circulating that a group of Southern Arizona Democratic senators are cutting a deal with Republican Senate President Andy Biggs over the budget. The deal is, if Biggs gives the Democrats the Medicaid expansion they want,... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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The BASIS 8th grade AP asterisk
Posted May 13, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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Shocking!
by David Safier [JUST-MAKING-SURE NOTE: You understand this is satire, right?] From Andy Borowitz at the New Yorker: Fox: New Evidence Hillary Killed Lincoln By Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 13 May 13 In what may be the most serious... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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IRS's real mistake: not going after enough groups
by David Safier The IRS absolutely should not have targeted groups with "Tea Party" in their names for special scrutiny. As Ezra Klein points out, the IRS should have used a far broader brush, going after the progressive Organizing for... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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Go after the idiots at the IRS
by David Safier If the initial stories about the IRS targeting tea party-related groups with audits and onerous application forms are true, the scoundrels who participated should be thrown out, and if they did something illegal, they should be punished... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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The BASIS Beat goes on
by David Safier Today, the Star's Tim Steller has a follow-up to his Sunday column about BASIS. It's mainly a collection of opinions and observations he's received about the charter schools, both positive and negative (More people agreed with his... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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Buyer Beware! "Democrats for Education Reform" has arrived in Arizona
by David Safier The term "education reform" is conservative shorthand for the vast, well funded education privatization movement. So why would a Democratic PAC adopt conservative educators' favorite term and call itself Democrats for Education Reform (DFER)? The answer is,... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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I'm just asking
by David Safier I don't know if this is good, bad or indifferent, but it strikes me as curious. TUSD has stated it has a $17 million shortfall, which is why is has to close a bunch of schools and... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at Blog For Arizona
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