Vouchers and Charter Schools Have Cost One Florida District $70 Million
While the school choice crowd says that public school budgets aren’t affected – even a little bit – by Jeb Bush’s privatizations schemes. The superintendent of on the state’s sixth largest districts begs to differ. Writes Jacksonville Times-Union reporter Denise Smith Amos: Rebecca Couch, chairwoman of the Duval school board, said the new (voucher) bill introduces more uncertainty into the school
On Voucher Expansion, “Floridians Will Pay For the Legislature’s Sins For Years”
While the propaganda campaign is already underway by Step Up for Students to advance that narrative that more people are for voucher expansion than there really are, the editors of the Tampa Bay Times Extending private school tuition vouchers to the middle class should require a clear vote and thorough debate by the Florida Legislature. So should creating a significant new entitlement for disabled
5-11-14 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: New Budget Leaves Florida 50th of 50 States in Per Pupil FundingLooks like all that back-slapping by republican legislators and happy talk about public schools being a “big winner” was poppycock. St. Augustine Record reporter Marcia Lane explains: When Superintendent Joe