Tennessee: Gov. Bill Haslam proposes a voucher that’s limited to low-income students in low-performing schools, with additional state funding for those schools to boot (KnoxNews). More from timesfreepress.com and Nashville Public Radio. Haslam reiterates that his proposal won’t affect funding for public schools (Nooga.com). Both supporters and opponents find details to criticize (KnoxNews). Haslam’s administration is… Read more »
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redefinED roundup: School choice prospects in Mississippi, ESAs in Arizona and more
Mississippi: State lawmakers are expected to try again this year to pass charter school legislation, but some suburban Republicans continue to have concerns (Desoto Times Tribune). Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves says there’s bipartisan support for charter schools (Associated Press). More from the Memphis Commercial Appeal. At least one lawmaker is talking about the possibility of tax… Read more »
redefinED roundup: Tony Bennett in Florida, voucher parents in Louisiana, charters in Washington & more
Florida: Tony Bennett is selected the state’s new education commissioner (redefinED). He tells reporters afterwards that he champions school choice first and foremost because of the social justice component (redefinED). A new group headed by T. Willard Fair, co-founder of the state’s first charter school, aims to create a pipeline of black executives and entrepreneurs… Read more »
Tony Bennett is Florida’s new education commissioner
He’s in. Tony Bennett, the hard-charging Hoosier with a rock-star rep, is the new face of Florida’s school system and its full-throttle reforms. As expected, the Florida Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday morning to select Bennett, the former state superintendent in Indiana, over two finalists with lower profiles. In doing so, they opted to… Read more »
Tony Bennett, other finalists interviewed for Florida education commissioner job
Two candidates for Florida’s education commissioner are former public schoolteachers who worked their way through the ranks to become education leaders. The third is an attorney with experience in education policy and research, who worked for various government and nonprofit agencies devoted to education reform. All three met with the Florida Board of Education on… Read more »
Tony Bennett: I’m thinking, praying about applying for Florida ed commissioner
Tony Bennett is on many a Florida ed reformer’s wish list to be education commissioner. And on Tuesday, he said he was considering applying for the job. “My wife and I are still thinking about it and praying about it,” Bennett told redefinED after appearing on a panel at a national education reform summit in… Read more »
redefinED roundup: school choice and the courts, voucher growth in Indiana & more
Oklahoma: The state supreme court tosses out a lawsuit challenging a voucher program for special needs students, saying the two school districts that filed suit did not have standing (The Oklahoman). Indiana: The state supreme court hears arguments over the constitutionality of the state’s fledgling voucher program (Indianapolis Star). Enrollment in the state’s voucher program… Read more »
redefinED roundup: Ed reform shakeup in Indiana, charters in Georgia and more
Indiana: State superintendent Tony Bennett, a leading light in the school choice and ed reform movement, loses his bid for re-election to Glenda Ritz, an elementary school media specialist (Indianapolis Star). Gov.-elect Mike Pence promises to continue pushing reform (Indiana Public Media). Georgia: Voters back a constitutional amendment that creates a new state commission than can approve… Read more »
redefinED roundup: Reform referendum in Indiana, teachers unions in Florida & more
Indiana: The race for state superintendent is a referendum on the direction of education reform, including expanded school choice (Associated Press). Florida: The state’s teachers unions are among the weakest in the nation, according to a new Fordham Institute report (Orlando Sentinel). The Duval County school district agrees to settle with a proposed virtual charter school, run… Read more »
Florida scholar didn’t do homework before dismissing school “vouchers”
David Colburn is a respected former University of Florida provost and progressive academic who should have done more homework before he blithely characterized those who support private school options as salesmen and hucksters. His recent commentary in the state’s largest newspaper, the Tampa Bay Times, rather pointedly ignored important evidence in his own backyard. Dr…. Read more »
