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Sunday, February 9, 2014

2-9-14 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:







Rick Scott’s Dileberately Misleading PECO Charter School Funding Proposal
Rick Scott created the slippery slope education funding when he cut education funding during his first term. Now he’s having to navigate it during a year he has to face voters. Let’s consider his tricky wording which justifies giving more than half of PECO funds to charter schools. Writes James Call in the Florida Current: A long simmering dispute buried within Gov. Rick Scott’s proposed education

Charter Schools USA F School Does TV Spot, Fails to Mention Grade

From Tampa Bay Times reporter Marlene Skokol: TAMPA — Woodmont Charter School, an F-rated elementary and middle school, is advertising on television for more students. The 30-second cable spot shows children listening attentively, raising their hands, working on computers and romping through the playground. But it doesn’t mention the school’s grade. “I’m not going to advertise that Woodmont got an


2-8-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education:Scathing Purple Musings  Color me purple in Florida ALL WeekThe Creepy, Incestuous, Conflicts-of-Interests Involved in Florida’s School Grade SystemThe editors of the Lakeland Ledger have complete grasp of the timeline of events concerning Florida’s school grade system. T