Michelle Rhee Slithers Into Florida Voucher Scrap With Another Astroturf Campaign
Michelle Rhee’s corporate-funded tax-exempt 501c4 has parachuted into Florida and is attempting another Astroturf campaign to support the latest republican voucher scheme. Here’s the email from Rhee’s Florida rep: Dear Friend, Over the next week, the Florida legislature has an opportunity to change the lives of thousands of Florida’s neediest students. But it won’t happen without your help. HB 71
Children With Terminal Diseases Have to Take the Test, But Voucher Kids Don’t
From St. Augustine Record reporter Marcia Lane: A Senate subcommittee approved an amendment on Tuesday expanding the voucher program, known as the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, adding it to a bill that helps parents of disabled children get additional educational services. Opponents say the plan is going to hurt public schools and the state’s children. Among major complaints is the lack
4-24-14 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: Gaetz, Senate Republicans Lose Credibility on Accountability in Voucher DealSenate 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 accoun