Arizona: C- in education
A report by the group that publishes Education Week magazine has rated the 50 states and Washington D.C. on education. Arizona comes in 46th—and dropped three places since the last report.
According to the Republic, however, there is some good news:
The good news is that for the second year in a row, Arizona earned an A- for the quality of its learning goals, tests and accountability. It is 18th in the nation with that grade, although last year it was eighth.
OK, so the good news isn’t really good. The bad news?
The bad news is the state lags in all other categories. In the “chance for success category,” Arizona sank from 42nd in the nation to 45th, although its grade was the same, C-.
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PHXations, January 20, 2010
Stephen Lemons has been covering the disputes over who caused a spate of violence at the immigration march on Saturday. A mounted police officer got involved with a crowd of self-styled anarchists who had attached themselves to the march. The cop ended up hitting the crowd with pepper spray, with predictable results. Lemons has been looking at video of what happened, noting along the way that he hadn’t seen anything that backed up the anarchists’ contention of being aggressively attacked by cops. In fact, today he notes some photos that seems to show a black-clad protestor hitting a cop’s horse.
… As part of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts’s ongoing Rewind Remix Replay exhibition, which explores the design of electronic musical instruments and sound systems, there’s a DJ night at the museum Thursday, Jan. 21. Featured: Mark Chan and World Famous Rani “G.” It starts at 7 p.m. and its free. Details here.
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Potential East Valley Tribune sale is expanded
The East Valley Tribune is reporting that its long-discussed sale to Thirteenth Floor Street Media has been delayed because the company is negotiating to get the EVT’s sister papers in the Valley as well:
The new letter of intent also includes assets of the Sun City Daily News-Sun, Ahwatukee Foothills News and Arizona Interactive in Chandler, which publishes the Clipper advertising shopper and does commercial printing. The Daily-News Sun also publishes the Glendale/Peoria Today and Surprise Today newspapers.
The deal expanded because the operations are so closely intertwined, Freedom said in a statement.
Thirteenth Street owner Randy Miller was expected to be in the Valley this week visiting the staff at Freedom locations.
More details on the new developments at Heat City.
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