Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: In the aftermath of Obama's embrace of Jeb Bush

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: In the aftermath of Obama's embrace of Jeb Bush

In the aftermath of Obama's embrace of Jeb Bush

by Mike Klonsky

I'm back in Florida this week where Gov. Scott is set to sign the bill that would make state’s public school teachers lose their job security and work for "merit pay" based on student's FCAT scores. Of course this can only apply to teachers teaching in subjects tested on the FCAT. T-bagger Scott , encouraged by his chief ed consultant Michelle Rhee, is behind the teacher-bashing bill.

It creates a statewide teacher evaluation and merit pay system in 2014. New teachers hired after July 1 will