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Friday, January 24, 2014

1-24-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education:









Are Florida’s Local School Boards Stepping Up to Oppose Standard Charter School Contracts?

Jeff Solochek writes in Gradebook that Pasco County School Board urged its congressional delegation not to move forward on charter school legislation that would create a standardized charter contract: Board chairwoman Alison Crumbley reminded the delegation that school boards have the constitutional authority to “operate, control and supervise” all the public schools within their districts, and su


1-23-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Jeb Bush’s Idaho Chief For Change Compromises AND Field Tests Common Core AssessmentsFrom the editors of the Idaho Press-Tribune: When Idaho’s public school educators and Emmett Sen. Steven Thayn agree that something is a bad idea, that’s the very definition of “broad op