Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
by David Safier I learned recently that my posts are being used on another site without my permission. The posts aren't simply being quoted from or compiled with other posts from other sites. They are nearly the only original content...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | yesterday
by David Safier I received this comment on a post I wrote about some of the changes affecting teachers that were thrown in with the latest round of budget cuts. I'm a teacher in the Tempe Union school district, and...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | yesterday
by David Safier As much as I've read about linking teacher salaries and retention to student testing, I've never found a satisfactory answer to this question: what about teachers in subjects that aren't tested? The trend toward tying everything to...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
by David Safier I received an email this morning from a teacher at an Arizona independent school who is planning to ask his students if they were surveyed for the civics test Goldwater Institute used to create 3 separate studies...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
by David Safier More on the survey results used for the G.I. civics study (No, I'm not obsessed, just very interested). Here's a way to get closer to finding out whether Strategic Vision LLC actually completed the survey for G.I....
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
by David Safier I don't know if Matthew Ladner is working from his end to discover whether or not the public school/private school survey he commissioned from Strategic Vision LLC was legit or fraudulent. But I have to say, he's...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
by David Safier The legislature just passed a whole bunch of changes affecting teachers, not just budget cuts. They were passed earlier but Brewer's budget vetoes eliminated them. Now they're back. And the teacher's union is suing. First, a comment....
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
David Safier over at Blog for Arizona found out that a website called My Gay Phoenix was lifting his posts in their entirety with nary a link back to his blog. He did some digging and found out that it is par for the course for the guy running it, Eric Wood. Wood runs a [...]
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
by David Safier Matthew Ladner commented on the concerns I have expressed, along with others, about the survey Strategic Vision LLC was paid to conduct for G.I. Here are his comments, David- I believed you linked to a post last...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
by David Safier It's always a little dangerous to enter an econ prof's turf and question his use of numbers, but, what the hell, I'll give it a try. Charles North, an econ prof from Baylor University in Texas, entertained...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
by David Safier This is just me being curious. I rarely write about the Goldwater Institute, and especially about Matthew Ladner's work, without getting a fairly prompt response in the Comments. Recently I've been tag-teaming with others all over the...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
by David Safier Ad for the President Obama, United We Serve and NFL Team Up fitness and service campaign. This goes out to friend of the blog Steve Gall who is trying once again to get a 30 minute mandatory...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
by David Safier Here's a press release from Grijalva's office: Grijalva Announces Bill To Help Struggling Schools Prevent Dropouts, Encourage Pursuit of Higher Education Washington, DC – Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today announced the release of H.R. 4122, the Graduation...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
by David Safier The Rs planned to cut $144 million in soft capital funding from district schools. The snafu Thursday only delayed the move. But now some legislators are asking, Why aren't charter schools feeling the budget ax as well'...
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
by David Safier No, not Sarah for Arizona. I want Sarah in Arizona during the 2010 primaries supporting the Senate candidate of her choice. Will it be her running mate, John McCain? Will it be her more natural ally, J.D....
