The Future of Florida Education: Rick Scott vs Alex Sink
The airwaves are full of scary attack ads just in time for Halloween. Scariest of all are the Rick Scott and Rick Scott attack ads. Rick Scott’s “Let’s get to work” motto belies the fact that the hospitals Scott’s company owned CUT nursing positions to levels that compromised patient care. Everyone knows about the Medicare fraud Scott’s company engineered but few know about his approach to “reforming” education.
Even Mike Thomas of the Orlando Sentinel, no friend of public education, sees problems ahead if Scott wins:
Scott isn’t interested in school reform. He’s for school revolution.
His plan is next-generation Jeb.
Here is a simplified explanation of where he eventually wants to go: Instead of giving a public school $7,000 to educate little Johnny, the money would go to little Johnny’s parents.