The Dirty Little Secret That Discredits Florida’s Latest Charter School Miracle Study
I’m surprised that redefinED‘s Ron Matus bit on a charter school miracle piece in Jay P. Geene’s Blog and missed something critical to the veracity of the conclusion. But the new addition of the job title as director for policy & public affair for Step Up for Students allows him to wear another hat. Writes Matus: Students who attend Florida charter high schools are more likely to persist in c
Will Weatherford Promises “Massive Expansion” of Florida Voucher Program
From Halifax Media Group reporter Zac Anderson in the Lakeland Ledger: (Rep. Will) Weatherford and (Don) Gaetz are continuing to push conservative-leaning education reforms, including more school vouchers and a greater focus on career and technical education that prepares students for jobs. But Gaetz noted that even President Barack Obama backed a jobs-focused approach to K-12 education in his St
1-29-14 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: What It’s Like For States Not Burdened by Common CoreFlorida wisely dropped the legislature’s bad idea to require Algebra II last year only to have its education commissioner tweak Common Core by putting in Calculus standards, a math domain two levels above the course th