Harry Mathews's Blog – April 2017 Archive (10)

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Brahm Resnik is a 12 News anchor and reporter who hosts "Sunday Square Off," the 12 News political roundtable show every Sunday at 8am. He has more than 25 years of journalism experience in television and newspapers.



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By BOB CHRISTIE 4-7-17

Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a major school voucher expansion bill that will extend eligibility to all 1.1 million state schoolchildren despite vehement opposition from Democrats who believe it will undercut public education and cost taxpayers untold millions of dollars.

"When parents have more choices, kids win," Ducey tweeted after the House and Senate barely…

April 9, 2017

Marxo-Fascist Brahm Resnik grills Debbie Lesko about the need for more raises for government employees. Ever get the feeling he has friends in the Edu-Cartel? Hey, these days, the power is in the hands of those who betray the public trust. Just keep the cash flow flowing to the gangsters who siphon off billions from the taxpayers and claim "it's for the teachers". Brahm seems to have friends in low places; or high places; depending on how you look at…

Posted by Jose Borrajero on April 7, 2017 Arizona Freedom Alliance

THREE REASONS TO FIGHT THOSE WHO HAVE CONSIDERED US THEIR ENEMY

Read carefully the last three communications from one of the most virulent education pimp organizations. If this does not convince you that we must engage every time we receive an alert, nothing will.…

by DAN CURRELL January 26, 2017 4:00 AM

Betsy DeVos is the focused campaigner American schools need. Big institutions aren’t easy to change, and American public education is big: Over 3 million teachers were employed in American public schools in 2016. Walmart, the world’s largest employer, has 1.4 million U.S. employees; the American military has 1.3 million people on active duty. Since American public education needs to change, as everyone seems to agree,…

by ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS April 6, 2017 4:00 AM @XAN_DESANCTIS

A bill that would expand state-funded education savings accounts could land on Governor Doug Ducey’s desk as early as this week. Arizona could soon become the first state in the nation to institute a universal school-choice program. And because the state already has a successful, but more limited, program in place — a funding system that has been expanded several times over the last few years — there is a…

[Wouldn't it be interesting if our local high school students did this? I suspect many of our administrators would soon be out of a job]

The Washington Post April 5, 2017 By Samantha Schmidt

Connor Balthazor, 17, was in the middle of study hall when he was called into a meeting with his high school newspaper adviser.

A group of reporters and editors from the student newspaper, the…

Arizona Freedom Alliance 4-3-17

[Editor: Our article on Pearson Textbook Co was read by a non-AFA member expert on what is going on in our schools today.  We received the comment below and felt it needed it's own page to help all of us understand the gravity of the situation. Parents & Grandparents: please do not put your kids in private schools.  Instead, find a top notch charter school with a staff that understands the situation and does not teach to the indoctrination program.…

March 22, 2017 By Bill Korach www.thereportcard.org ;

According to the “Financial Times” a publication owned by Pearson,The Sovereign fund of Libya initially took a 3.27 per cent stake in Pearson.…