Florida roundup: Teacher bashing, Newtown fallout, school grades & more
“Teacher bashing” and Newtown. Tampa Bay Times columnist Bill Maxwell sees a connection. Advanced Placement. Is Florida's approach worth it?...
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If there was one thing you could change to further the cause of parental school choice, what would it be?...
Read More >Florida roundup: Security jitters, charter school funding, race-based academic goals & more
Race-based achievement goals. Florida voters don’t like them, according to a new Quinnipiac poll, but … how much of that...
Read More >Florida roundup: Bulletproof backpacks, charter school standards, second thoughts on teacher evaluations & more
Tweaks coming to teacher evals? Gradebook: “Patricia Levesque, executive director of Jeb Bush's education foundation and a key voice in...
Read More >Florida roundup: Bullets on buses, STEM pitch, school district marketing & more
More on school security in Newtown aftermath. Miami Herald. South Florida Sun Sentinel. Orlando Sentinel. Florida Times Union. Florida Today....
Read More >There’s more to the story about education reform in Florida
Tony Bennett has a tough, tough job ahead, and the way education in Florida is covered is not going to...
Read More >Florida roundup: Tony Bennett, voucher testing, Newtown reverberations & more
Not the best fit. Andy Ford, president of the Florida teachers union, says in this Q&A with the Orlando Sentinel...
Read More >Florida roundup: school safety, voucher conspiracies, school district spending & more
Newtown school shooting resonates. In added security and what to say.Tampa Tribune. Palm Beach Post. Tampa Bay Times. $1 million...
Read More >Florida roundup: Homeschooling, voucher accountability & doubling down on reform
Vouchers and accountability. Gov. Rick Scott’s call for “voucher” students to take the same standardized tests as public school students...
Read More >Gov. Rick Scott: parental school choice "makes everybody better"
It's not news that Florida Gov. Rick Scott is a strong supporter of parental school choice. But some of his...
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