Orlando Sentinel: “Don’t Grow Vouchers Without Accountability”
After referring to themselves as “veteran observers of the political Animal House that is Tallahassee,” the editors of the Orlando Sentinel write: No doubt, Sen. Bill Galvano was in full John “Bluto” Blutarsky mode when he slipped language at the eleventh hour into an education bill for special-needs kids that passed out of its last committee stop this week. The amendment ensured debate over wheth
Gaetz, Senate Republicans Lose Credibility on Accountability in Voucher Deal
Senate president Don Gaetz once acted as if accountability really mattered. After a legislative career built upon the education chops he earned as a former school superintendent who was an accountability hawk, his opinion mattered. Gaetz demonstrated real leadership when he admitted before the 2013 session that Florida’s education accountability system was “in danger of imploding. ” Folks believed
4-23-14 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: Galvano’s Back Channel Amendment Allows Florida Voucher Schools to Dodge AccountabilityThe only thing that’s missing from Florida’s voucher mouthpieces and the politicians doing their bidding is a Russian accent voiceover: “Our bouchers kidz take deeffarent tests. Tests