Thursday, December 20, 2012

Bush Foundation Wants Another Bill to Fix SB 736….Seriously | Scathing Purple Musings

Bush Foundation Wants Another Bill to Fix SB 736….Seriously | Scathing Purple Musings:


Bush Foundation Wants Another Bill to Fix SB 736….Seriously

I’ve always wondered how many of Florida’s 67 district school superintendents roll their eyes when getting an email from non-educator, Patricia Levesque,  who is Jeb Bush’s top policy wonk. Well they got another one this week. She apparently thinks that all SB 736 needs is just a little tweak. And oh, just a little more time. From Jeff Solochek of the Tampa Bay Times:
Patricia Levesque, executive director of Jeb Bush’s education foundation and a key voice in state education legislation, meanwhile, is floating a draft bill that would alter the evaluation system, too. She sent an e-mail to superintendents last week seeking input.
“We believe that a missing/key element in Florida’s evaluation law is having peer teacher review and/or student feedback in the evaluation process,” she wrote. “We are also concerned with the