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Read More >New report finds many academic trend lines rising in Florida's public schools
Florida’s public schools were handed another solid but overlooked report card this week from another respected, independent source. The 27-page, data-stuffed, “Decade...
Read More >Science literacy, the Loch Ness Monster and the evolution of public education
What’s more off the wall? A Christian school teaching students that the Loch Ness Monster is a living dinosaur and...
Read More >Coming up: Reflections on Zelman
Next week marks the 10th anniversary of the monumental U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris – the decision that...
Read More >Leading Democratic mayors back allegedly right-wing parent trigger
It’s getting harder and harder for critics to torpedo education reform ideas like the “parent trigger” by distorting political affiliations....
Read More >Florida school choice, present and future
Beginning Monday, we have a special treat for you at redefinED - commentary about how far we've come with school...
Read More >Florida's fast-rising grad rates? Shrug
Media coverage of education reform in Florida never ceases to amaze. What you should be hearing today are the sputtering...
Read More >Education Week report: Florida graduation rates among fastest rising in nation
Florida public schools got another clear sign of progress today from a highly regarded, independent source. Between 1999 and 2009,...
Read More >Florida's public school "defenders" should stop bashing public schools
In Florida, we love the bizarre. We cultivate gator-eating pythons and face-eating zombies and transvestites who inject women’s derrieres with...
Read More >Florida may be next stop for highly regarded Catholic school network
A chain of Catholic, college-prep high schools that has demonstrated success with low-income students is eyeing two Florida cities for...
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