Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Not Such Good News from Florida « Diane Ravitch's blog

Not Such Good News from Florida « Diane Ravitch's blog:


Not Such Good News from Florida

I said in a post this morning that there was “a glimmer of hope” in Florida because the state board had upheld Miami-Dade’s decision to turn down three virtual charter schools.
But Florida parent leader Rita Solnet wrote to correct me. She attended the state board meeting, and she says the state board offered no glimmer of hope, as I thought, because the Puppetmaster was behind the curtain, pulling the strings. The state board overturned the decision of the Palm Beach County school board to reject four charter applications. It is startling to realize–as Solnet mentions below–that the city of Miami already has 122 charter schools!
Thanks to Rita Solnet for reminding us that nothing will change until there is new leadership in the state of