Leading Florida Public Education Activist Slams the Chamber of Commerce for Spinning Poor State Rating | Scathing Purple Musings

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Leading Florida Public Education Activist Slams the Chamber of Commerce for Spinning Poor State Rating

by Bob Sikes

Few Florida public school activists are as respected and well-known as FundEducationNow’s, Kathleen Oropeza. The Florida Times-Union has printed Oropeza’s blistering response to the manner in which the Florida Chamber of Commerce sought to paint the state’s sliding school record. Finding the Chamber engaging in “master-level puffery” Oropeza writes:

While Florida politicians drain billions from public school funding, they divert hundreds of millions to