It’s Time to Call the FLDOE and the Bush Foundation on Their Latest Charter School Study
I have no idea why Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEE) writer Mike Thomas is whining about the lack of media coverage on the latest FLDOE study which found that Florida’s charter schools are outperforming public schools in just about every category imaginable. A Google search for news found over 4000 references. I suppose Thomas expects this latest study to give the Florida media some sort of tingle up the leg.
My colleague, Chris Guerrieri engaged redefinED writer Ron Matus in a healthy back and forth on some of the study’s vagueness. Like Chris, I’ve been hesitant to criticize the report. Diane Ravitch has no such reservations. She writes:
My colleague, Chris Guerrieri engaged redefinED writer Ron Matus in a healthy back and forth on some of the study’s vagueness. Like Chris, I’ve been hesitant to criticize the report. Diane Ravitch has no such reservations. She writes:
One of the saddest consequences of the merger of education with partisan politics is that we now no longer can trust pronouncements from many of our state and local departments of education. Instead of accurate data, we are apt to get spin, hype, distortion, and outright lies, all in the service
