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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

5-28-14 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:









Surrogates Beginning to Flack for Jeb Bush on Common Core

Its begun. Badly needing to talk about something else than Common Core Standards, Jeb Bush’s surrogates have begun to do it for him. Consider a Lloyd Brown piece in Sunshine State News. Brown is a former speechwriter for Bush: After I retired, I worked for him (Bush) briefly and again was impressed. His approach to policy was, “What’s in it for Florida families?” That’s pretty refreshing when the


5-27-14 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: Feds Warn Charter Schools About Not Serving Special Needs KidsWrites Chris Staiti for Bloomberg News: U.S. charter schools must provide special-education services and avoid discrimination in admissions, academic services and athletics whether or not they receive federal