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Charter Schools USA Blinks, Pulls Appeal for Controversial MacDill AFB School
Fresh off the denial of their appeal by the state Charter School Appeals Commission, Charter Schools USA through it’s Florida Charter Educational Foundation, decided to pull their flawed application for a facility on MacDill AFB. From redefinED: The Florida Charter Educational Foundation, Inc. met today to discuss the best course of action in serving the needs of military families at MacDill Air F
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The Lakeland Ledger: Halt Voucher Expansion Until Public Schools Are Adequately Funded
From the editors of the Lakeland Ledger: Now, House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, is calling for sales tax revenue to also be diverted to pay for the program. In addition, he wants to expand the pool of eligible students to include families whose incomes rise beyond required levels. About 83 percent of students using vouchers end up at religious schools, the state reports. However, th
MAR 06
How John Kirtley’s Push for Voucher in Florida Benefits John Kirtley
Miami Herald reporter Kathleen McGrory has the latest on expansion of Florida’s voucher program: TALLAHASSEE — Nearly 200 schoolchildren greeted Senate President Don Gaetz last month when he visited a Catholic school in Pensacola to get a first-hand look at the impact of Florida’s controversial school voucher program. Gaetz said he left St. John the Evangelist Catholic School convinced that the F
MAR 05
Fact-Checking Rick Scott’s Sketchy Education Claims
It didn’t take long for the media call Rick Scott on one of his education claims from his State of the State address yesterday. In his attempt to take credit for “four schools in the nation’s top ten” PolitiFact responds: We sent Scott’s claim to several education experts to ask their opinion on the Newsweek and U.S. News rankings. None of them embraced these rankings, and they offered several cri
Just About Everything Jeb Bush Says About Common Core is “Untrue”
d Jeb Bush’s Common Core problem continues. Writing in conservative website Breitbart News, Dr. Susan Berry analyzes the credibility and political problems that Bush has with his unwavering support of Common Core Standards: The problem for Bush is that just about everything he says about the standards is untrue. Common Core is a federally promoted, not state-led, initiative introduced in the Obama
MAR 04
Florida Senate Republicans Ignore Superintendts, Jeb Bush Abandons College Readiness in First Passage of New School Grade Bill
It comes as no surprise the republican-dominated Senate Education Committee didn’t listen to the recommendations of two school superintendents in passing through the new and improved school grade formula. Nor is it any surprise Jeb Bush’s mouthpiece finds it just swell. Reports Miami Herald reporter Kathleen McGrory: The Senate Education Committee got right to work Tuesday morning, approving a pro
MAR 01
Fort Myers News-Press: For Teachers, VAM Doesn’t Add Up
From the editors of the News-Press: Think back to a schoolteacher who had a positive impact on your life. Chances are, your choice wasn’t based on explanations of quadratic equations or whether she helped advance your reading skills a full grade level. Certainly, teachers teach. But great teachers also inspire students to look beyond the lesson plan, to see learning as adventure, not a chore. Yet,