Column: Florida teachers union should celebrate teacher success
At the EdFly Blog today, former Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Thomas asks a reasonable question: Why isn't the Florida teachers union...
Read More >redefinED roundup: School choice prospects in Mississippi, ESAs in Arizona and more
Mississippi: State lawmakers are expected to try again this year to pass charter school legislation, but some suburban Republicans continue...
Read More >Charter school CEO is magazine's "Floridian of the Year"
Jonathan Hage, CEO of Charter Schools USA, is Florida Trend's 2012 Floridian of the Year. The influential business magazine notes...
Read More >Goodbye, 2012. Hello, 2013.
Thanks, everybody, for reading us and for making 2012 a special year. Relax and recharge today. Enjoy your friends and family. We'll...
Read More >redefinED roundup: voucher testing in Florida, school choice prospects for the New Year and more
Florida: Incoming Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett talks about the idea of voucher students being required to take the same...
Read More >redefinED roundup: Tax credit scholarships in Texas, charter expansion in New Orleans and more
Texas: State lawmakers propose an ambitious school choice expansion plan that includes a tax credit scholarship for low-income students and the...
Read More >Letter to editor: "Voucher" (tax credit scholarship) students are tested in Florida
Editor's note: Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill wrote the following letter, which was published this morning in the...
Read More >redefinED roundup: Tony Bennett in Florida, voucher parents in Louisiana, charters in Washington & more
Florida: Tony Bennett is selected the state's new education commissioner (redefinED). He tells reporters afterwards that he champions school choice...
Read More >Tony Bennett's priorities in Florida: Common Core, teacher evaluations
In an interview published this morning, incoming Florida education commissioner Tony Bennett tells Rick Hess that Gov. Rick Scott gave...
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