Florida roundup: Tax credit scholarships, testing, lawsuits and more
Tax credit scholarships. Duval school board member Jason Fischer writes about the benefits of the program in the Florida Times-Union. Charter...
Read More >Florida roundup: Lawsuits, campaigns, tax credit scholarships and more
Lawsuits. Writers in the Tampa Tribune and National Review Online sharply criticize the lawsuit challenging Florida tax credit scholarships. A Tampa Bay Times columnist criticizes Gov. Rick Scott...
Read More >Senator declines award from group suing to stop tax credit scholarships
The group that represents Florida's school boards had planned to recognize the chairman of the state Senate's education committee as...
Read More >Florida roundup: Lawsuits, tax credit scholarships, testing and more
Lawsuits. Florida's teachers union and other groups launch a legal attack on the 13-year-old tax credit scholarship program that serves...
Read More >Nation's largest private school choice program now under legal attack
The Florida teachers union and state school boards association made good on their threats Thursday, asking the courts to shut down a 13-year-old...
Read More >Florida roundup: Lawsuits, testing, school choice and more
Lawsuits. The statewide teachers union, school boards association and other groups are preparing to announce the first direct constitutional challenge to Florida's...
Read More >Florida roundup: Choice, charters and school board election results
Ousters. Both the president and presdent-elect of the Florida School Boards Association are ousted in elections in which school choice...
Read More >Gloria Romero gives parent empowerment a new push
California's parent empowerment law spawned organizing campaigns aimed at transforming individual schools by parent petition, and went on to inspire...
Read More >Florida roundup: School board races, enrollment, start times and more
Education reform. Gov. Rick Scott releases a second-term education agenda. Times/Herald. Tampa Tribune. Gainesville Sun. redefinED. A Tampa Bay Times columnist criticizes...
Read More >Scott: Let more children access Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts
Florida's Republican governor says he wants to expand the pool of children who would qualify for the state's new personal...
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