It will do more to sterilize classroom teaching, particularly in high schools, than inform parents.
Category Archives: State and local
On earmarks, Sinema and Kelly are no McCain and Flake
With $30 trillion in debt, what’s the federal government doing funding traffic lights and local jail air conditioning?
Ignoring that Prop. 208 passed is a big political mistake
Ducey and GOP lawmakers are picking a losing fight if they attempt to lower income tax rates without also enacting a Prop. 208 level increase in education funding.
Democrats’ best hope for 2022: Republicans
The political stupidity of the lawsuit by the Arizona Republican Party to have mail ballots declared unconstitutional is difficult to overstate.
A missing opportunity for the community colleges
This would be an ideal time for the Mariopa Community Colleges to move aggressively into offering four-year degrees, but legislative restrictions sharply, and wrongheadedly, limit that option.
Algebra 2 and rethinking high school
Allowing practical alternatives to Algebra 2 as a high school graduation requirement is a step in the right direction. But the whole sequential edifice of education, from high school on, needs rethinking.
Ducey’s water authority proposal isn’t even half-baked
Arizona should see what conservation and expanded water markets can do before committing to big-dollar augmentation projects, such as desalination.
Why Maricopa County is exactly the right size
There are substantial advantages and benefits to having a county government that spans virtually the entire metro area. Which makes breaking it up and creating four new, smaller counties a monumentally bad idea.
Time for a simple, straightforward universal voucher proposal
The state has enough money to both substantially increase funding for public schools and provide a larger measure of social equity for parents who want to send their kids to private schools.
Congress’ budget irresponsibility and inflation
Our fiscal Keystone Kops can’t pass a budget for a fiscal year nearly half over, much less have a proper debate about the extent to which their excessive fiscal stimulus has contributed to high inflation.