Why Bennett Failed in Indiana and Why He May Again in Florida | Scathing Purple Musings

Why Bennett Failed in Indiana and Why He May Again in Florida | Scathing Purple Musings:

Why Bennett Failed in Indiana and Why He May Again in Florida

by Bob Sikes

From Orlando Sentinel Columnist Scott Maxwell:

You may know Florida is getting a new education secretary named Tony Bennett. (No, not that Tony Bennett … though that’d be kind of cool.)
What you may not know is we’re getting him only because Indiana tossed him out. Voters of that very conservative state — Mitt Romney won by 10 points in Indiana — booted this conservative reformer from office just last month.
Apparently a big reason is that Bennett’s version of “reform” involved a whole lot of teacher-bashing.
Don’t take my word for it. Take it from one of Indiana’s leading voices of conservative school reform, lawyer and blogger Paul Ogden. He penned a piece titled: “Why Tony Bennett Lost —The Folly of