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Charter Schools’ USA Hillsborough Facililities Will Not Be Shuttered This Year…But
From Marlene Sokol in the Tampa Bay Times: TAMPA — Responding to concerned parents who learned last week that the Hillsborough County school district is challenging the legality of three charter schools, Superintendent MaryEllen Elia assured them Thursday that the schools will not close “We are committed to keeping the schools open for the remainder of the school year,” Elia wrote in a letter to p
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Can Florida Teachers and Public School Advcates Look to the Harbinger of Hawaii?
From Cathy Bussewitz and Juliet Williams of the Associated Press: A 40-year political career came to a close after Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie lost his bid for a second term in a stunning primary-election defeat by a fellow Democrat and state senator who defied party leadership to challenge the incumbent. A second intraparty fight for U.S. Senate was too close to call. State Sen. David Ige, once
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It’s Called Backdoor Legislation, Senator Gardiner, and the Florida Constitution Says You Can’t Do It
Vice President of the Florida Education Association Joanne McCall provides an effective response to Andy Gardiner’s shrill attack on the teacher’s she represents for their lawsuit against SB 850. With two days left in this year’s session, Gardiner allowed his bill addressing personal learning accounts for severely disabled students to be attached to SB 850 along with several other pieces of educat