Another Florida district goes virtual
This recent Gainesville Sun article provides another example of how public education is expanding to include private and home schooled...
Read More >Charter school autonomy continues to influence
I was encouraged to see this paragraph in a recent Indianapolis Star article about giving the Indianapolis mayor control of...
Read More >To better compete with charters, a Florida school board reexamines its magnets
This clip from today’s South Florida Sun Sentinel provides more evidence that Florida school districts are adapting to a more...
Read More >Expand charter school supply to ensure the weak ones ultimately fail
Sometimes things have to get worse before they can get better, and that’s the case with improving charter schools. Instead...
Read More >Broward County wants its market share back
In a post yesterday, I asserted that Florida school districts are slowly adapting to a more market-driven public education system....
Read More >Online learning brings stronger customer focus to school districts
Florida school districts are increasingly adapting to a more market-driven public education system. They are aggressively expanding within-district choices via...
Read More >Embracing a new dialogue of accountability
Accountability in public education is comprised of customer choice and government regulations, but since consumer choice in K-12 has historically...
Read More >Customers, not regulations, define quality
W. Edwards Deming, the legendary management guru, taught that quality in education is not goodness but is customer satisfaction within...
Read More >Duffy blazed a trail for a new unionism. Who will follow?
A.J. Duffy, the former president of United Teachers Los Angeles and outspoken critic of charter schools, illustrated the dilemma teacher...
Read More >Understanding our two education reform movements
Two parallel and at times interdependent education reform movements are occurring in Florida. They differ in how they’re attempting to...
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