FL Common Core foes oppose same tests for school choice scholarships
As if education politics in Florida couldn’t get more complicated. Opponents of Common Core in public schools are hoping to...
Read More >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...
Read More >Florida roundup: tax credit scholarships, Common Core, testing & more
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...
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