On Imagine School's website, you can read a list of the corporation's Six Measures of Excellence. Most of them are the usual stuff -- values, achievement, character development -- but one, as the old Sesame Street song says, is not like the others. The final sign of [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Arizona's Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, tied up the unemployment benefits extension bill in the U.S. Senate for weeks based upon petty partisanship and parliamentary maneuvering.
The bill bogged down in the Senate, first when senators from states with lower jobless rates demanded that the extension apply to all people' [...]
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Now that local elections are all but over for the counting in Tucson (and a possible recount in Ward 3), it's time once again to update the early filers with the Arizona Secretary of State for 2010. You can play along at home at [www.azsos.gov]
The big news' [...]
Education scandal rags Education Week is abuzz with vaguely interested in the shocking not-terribly-exciting news that Washington D.C. Superintendent Michelle Rhee is engaged to former basketball star, former charter school operator and current Sacramento mayor, Kevin Johnson.
They've been carrying on a bi-coastal romance for some time. Johnson' [...]
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The New York Times recently reported on Arizona privatizing its prisons, including turning over control of its Death Row to private companies. Arizona May Turn Death Row Over to Private Companies:
It is a dangerous place to patrol, and Arizona spends $4.7 million each year to house inmates [...]
Kudos to Giffords for taking such a public stand saying she plans to vote for the House health care bill Saturday. She could try and do it quietly. Instead, she's making the case for her vote in today's Star.
I have to admit, I don't know all the' [...]
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