Lead letter: Charters, vouchers aren't solutions
President John F. Kennedy once said, “Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.”
In Florida, we have bet the house on vouchers and charter schools.
A vast majority of the education priorities of the state over the last several years do not address policies aimed at improving traditional public schools.
Florida has a golden opportunity to bring trust to our public education accountability system, which has been tarnished. After weeks of misjudgments by the Department of Education, the state retreated from what they touted as “trailblazing” higher standards.
While Gov. Rick Scott touts the importance of “raising the bar,” it seems to be more of a manipulation of
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