With the upcoming election approximately 7 months away, election fever throughout the nation is bound to heat up. And this year, it is looking like the Gilbert Public Schools is not going […]
Daryl Colvin: Gilbert Public Schools is an “Education Dinosaur”
The following is an editorial released in February of 2014 from AZCentral with regards to the challenges facing Gilbert Public Schools and its incoming superintendent. Dr. Christina DeJesus-Kishimoto. To quote: A deeply-divided […]
Lost Override = Downgraded Credit Rating
The district is feeling the pinch of the loss of the override, but to add salt to an already gaping wound, Standard & Poor (in February of 2014) downgraded the Gilbert Public […]
Gilbert Public Schools Election 2014 Already Begun?
There is a video that is being circulated around social media which “shames” Jill Humpherys for her NO vote on March 11, 2014 Special Meeting of the Gilbert Public Schools’ Governing Board […]
Voucher program gets boost from AZ Supreme Court
Article from East Valley Tribune regarding Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts a.k.a. Arizona’s Voucher Program: Fight over Arizona school vouchers intensifies A decision by the state’s highest court and an obscure amendment to […]
Is there a spending problem in Gilbert Public Schools?
The following article reports on the audit performed by the Arizona Office of the Auditor General on Southeast Valley school spending: Audit dissects SE Valley school spending Key highlights of the article […]
US Teachers Pay vs the world
Teacher Pay Around the World by Catherine Rampell: Interesting insight on how US Teachers compares to their counterparts from other countries. Here are some highlights: On average, US teachers spend more hours […]
Having a hard time seeing through the transparency
Image pulled from the Parents for a Fair School Board page: AZ GOP’s Miserly Stealth Budget. Quote from the article: Part of what (AZ State Senate President) Biggs & Co. wishes to […]
GPS Board Attorney Resignation per the Republic
This was in the AZ Republic this morning. Former Gilbert Public School board attorney Susan Segal will not explain true cause of resignation citing attorney-client privilege. GPS board member, Julie Smith indicated […]
Al Melvin’s Common Core Fuzzy Math Explained
A key reason certain politicians oppose the common core is due to its use of “fuzzy math” as quoted in this article from AZ Daily Star: Sen. Al Melvin, R-Tucson, who championed […]
Finding the Gilbert Public Schools “Teachers Union”
A key theme that seem to keep coming up in many discussions regarding Gilbert Public Schools is the influence of the “teacher’s union” or “the Union.” Daryl Colvin has spoken out against […]
Common Core are higher STANDARDS not CURRICULUM
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/columns/east_valley_voices/article_62e3a7d0-abce-11e3-8442-001a4bcf887a.html To quote: Common Core are the skills we want our kids to display at each grade level in math, reading and writing. But they don’t have a single specific lesson or […]
Common Core Crash Course
There is strong opposition to the Common Core Standards from local and state politicians. Opposing the Common Core is also at the top of the list of agendas of some of our […]
Request for investigation generates questions…
The the meeting that formalized the recent request by the Gilbert Public School Board for a police investigation was not caught on LiveStream. Local blogger and community member Blake Sacha was able […]
Destroyed Records? What records? School Board wants police to investigate.
The Gilbert school board wants police to investigate allegations of destroyed records Gilbert schools’ governing board has asked police to investigate allegations that public records connected to a three-year-old lawsuit between the […]
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