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Wishing for more common ground in school choice, education reform debates

A recent headline in the Charlotte Observer offers inspiration this season. “Compete and cooperate,” the newspaper wrote of charter, district and...

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?...

School choice wish list from redefinED

If there was one thing you could change to further the cause of parental school choice, what would it be?...

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...

Debate needs to be thoughtful on testing for tax credit scholarship students

A 73-second exchange between Gov. Rick Scott and capital reporters last week has raised the profile of testing in Florida’s...

A better definition of public education, a better debate about what we want from it

In a recent post, I argued that because customized teaching and learning have so blurred the lines between public, private...

Florida Catholic schools embrace Common Core, hope to take FCAT

Florida Catholic schools are embracing Common Core academic standards and seriously considering whether to take the coming state tests aligned...

Sherri Ackerman

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...

Letter to editor: "Voucher" (tax credit scholarship) students are tested in Florida

Editor's note: Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill wrote the following letter, which was published this morning in the...

reimaginED staff

In wake of ballot initiative, momentum for charter schools in Washington state

by Fawn Spady School choice has encountered greater travails in few venues besides Washington State. Before they narrowly approved a new...

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