Scott has sights set squarely on education reform
Published: January 2, 2011
Updated: 10:17 am
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TALLAHASSEE - Should Florida offer to pay for any public school student to attend a private one instead?
That's just one of the policy debates brewing in Tallahassee about Florida's K-12 education system, which Gov.-elect Rick Scott appears ready to turn on its head.
From the moment he is sworn in Tuesday, Florida's new "Let's Get to Work" governor will be under pressure to create jobs and invigorate the economy. But those aren't Scott's only priorities. The governor-elect is also talking up education reforms, some of which borrow substantially from his predecessor-before-last, Jeb Bush.
Bush aggressively pursued conservative reforms of Florida's school system, partly by creating private school tuition "vouchers" for children in various categories of need.
Last month, Scott signaled his desire to take school choice in Florida to the next level, possibly by making vouchers available to all students. At a school vouchers rally in St. Petersburg, he called the upcoming