Florida roundup: Tax credit scholarships, school spending, teacher evals & more
Tax credit scholarships. The Tampa Tribune comes down in favor of the expansion bill. The testing issue for tax credit scholarships...
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Tax credit scholarships. The bill to expand the state's tax credit scholarships program passes its first committee on a party-line vote....
Read More >Faith leaders gather to support FL school choice expansion
A contingent of faith leaders and their supporters gathered in the state Capitol Thursday to back a proposed expansion of...
Read More >Florida roundup: Tax credit scholarships, teacher conduct, Andy Ford & more
Tax credit scholarships. On his blog The Fine Print, the AP's Gary Fineout lists the "voucher" testing debate as one...
Read More >Florida roundup: school choice, school grades, Common Core & more
Tax credit scholarships. House Speaker Will Weatherford says with tens of thousands of parents on waiting lists for tax credit...
Read More >Florida roundup: Common Core, testing, tax credit scholarships & more
Tax credit scholarships. House Speaker Will Weatherford and Americans for Prosperity tout the proposed program expansion (among other non-education-related issues)...
Read More >School choice, equal opportunity and America's promise
Many talk school choice and equal opportunity, but few do it as persuasively as Father Tim Scully. Scully founded the...
Read More >Florida roundup: VAM, tax credit scholarships, charter schools & more
Tax credit scholarships. The Orlando Sentinel editorializes against the proposed expansion, largely using the editorial written by its sister paper,...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Vouchers, Rick Scott, Teach for America & more
Tax credit scholarships. Expansion of the program (administered by Step Up For Students, which co-hosts this blog) is one of...
Read More >FL charter school teachers top 12,000
Florida now has more charter school teachers than eight states have public school teachers, period. The number of charter school...
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