BREAKING! Three Charter Schools USA Facilities Marked For Closure For Illegal Oversight Practices in Tampa
Well, well. The Hillsborough School District versus Charter Schools USA battle just got more intense. From WTSP reporter Noah Pransky: Hillsborough County, Florida — 10 Investigates has confirmed Mary Ellen Elia, the superintendent for the School District of Hillsborough County (SDHC), will attempt to close three schools this fall operated by for-profit company Charter Schools USA. Elia sent 90-da
Charter Schools USA Resubmits MacDill AFB Application, Includes Sketchy Survey Data
So Charter Schools USA is back in trying to bag a facility on MacDill AFB. In spite of lots of showboating and aggrieved hand wringing by CSUSA mouthpieces, Hillsborough school district rejected their application because it wasn’t clear if local folks would make up the controlling board. They’ve taken care of that this time, but CSUSA may have been a little too cute in their application by includi
Florida School Board Member Opts-Out His Children From High-Stakes Testing
In a press release from three Florida parents organizations and Lee County School Board member Don Armstrong: Lee County School Board Member, Don H. Armstrong, announced at Tuesday night’s Board meeting that he intends to ‘opt his children out’ of high stakes testing this school year. Armstrong is the father of twins enrolled in fourth grade at a Lee County Public School. After much review of the
Jeb Bush’s Common Core Website Goes Silent
For two months, nothing. No more TV spots. No more teacher Tweets. No more press releases. What happened? Scathing Purple Musings wrote in March about the Common Core initiative from Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Florida’s future. Learn More. Go Further was designed to end all debate and educate the public on Common Core’s benefits and superiority. So why did they pull the plug? There are two possible
Step Up For Students’ Shameless False Narrative on SB 850 Lawsuit
None of the hacks from Step Up for Students put their name on this morning’s post regarding a group of special needs children’s parents who are “taking on” the Florida Education Association for filing a lawsuit against SB 850. Obviously following the lead of Sen. Andy Gardiner’s opinion piece, SUFS is intentionally misleading Floridians about the nature of FEA’s suit. Parents of students with sign
7-30-14 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: About Those Terrific School Grade Improvements for Charter Schools USACharter Schools USA boss Jonathan Hage bragged last month in his blog about some remarkable improvements his schools made in the past year: Every single one of our “D” and “F” schools from 2013 improve