What Bobby Jindal Says That Rick Scott Won’t and Charlie Crist Can’t
Make no mistake. Bobby Jindal never met a piece of school choice legislation he didn’t like. And he is no friend of his state’s teachers union. But it is his position against Common Core Standards which separates him from Republican governors like Rick Scott and political opportunists like Charlie Crist. Jindal’s rhetoric against Common Core is becoming more forceful and persuasive. Consider his r
Andy Gardiner’s Demogoguery Misleads Floridians on FEA Lawsuit
The incoming president of the Florida Senate cannot be trusted on education policy. Not if he’s going to deliberately mislead Floridians while misrepresenting the position of the state’s teachers. Senator Andy Gardiner (R-Orlando) writes in the Tampa Tribune that “union bosses, union politics or union lawyers, ” filed a lawsuit earlier this month to block families of students with disabilities fr
7-26-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Charter Schools USA Nets $2.9 Million Haul For Two Louisiana Schools | Scathing Purple Musings: Charter Schools USA $2.9 Haul For Two Louisiana SchoolsSmall wonder the wife of Charter Schools USA CEO Jonathan Hage was touting their test scores in an Orlando Sentinel opinion piece last month. Sherry Hage and her husband take in a lot of taxpayer money to run schools. Consider this story from Marsha