Another Republican Touts the Florida Education Way; Meanwhile Another Report Shows Why They’re Wrong
Former House Speaker Dean Cannon (R-Winter Park) became the second power republican legislator to celebrate Florida’s test-dominated education system. Cannon takes to the pages of the Orlando Sentinel this morning:
Florida received some good news recently. Education Week reports that Florida’s African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to graduate from high school than their peers in other states.
The 2012 “Diplomas Count” report compared Florida to the rest of the nation and found that our Hispanic graduates beat the national graduation-rate average by 10 percentage points. African-American students exceed the average by 3.5 points. In fact, Florida places third in the nation for
