Thursday, March 27, 2014

3-27-14 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:







Manny Diaz Bogus Charter School Task Force
Two days ago, Scathing Purple Musings reported on Rep. Manny Diaz (R-Miami) curious deflection of questions from House colleagues on his charter school bill with references to a task force. On at least three occasions during yesterday’s house subcommittee (Diaz) deflected colleagues questions about his charter school expansion bill with references to a “task force” that was  working on details. Di

The Desperate Attempt to Save Voucher Expansion Begins

Miami republican Erik Fresen “tweaked” voucher expansion. From Kathleen McGrory in the Miami Herald: ….late Wednesday, Rep. Erik Fresen combined the voucher language with a separate bill creating education savings accounts for special-needs children. That bill (HB 1503, now PCB EDAS 14-03) has a counterpart in the Senate (SB 1512), and is thus still in play. Fresen, R-Miami, said it made sense to


3-26-14 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: Florida Legislature Has “No Business” Telling School Boards “How to Negotiate Contracts”In yesterday’s surprising Senate rebuke of the House on in its rewrite of standard charter school contract legislation, a new narrative may have emerged. Arek Sarkissian writes in the