The American Center for School Choice, which partners with Step Up For Students to host redefinED, has just established a Commission on Faith-based Schools. Here is the press release announcing its formation. An ecumenical commission of leaders representing the majority of faiths that operate schools in the U.S. plans to collaborate and inject the importance… Read more »
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Florida may get more time for education commissioner search
The Florida Board of Education is expected this week to extend its search for a new education commissioner, marking the second time in as many years it has done so amidst mutterings that the initial pool is mediocre. Through Friday, the board had received 16 applications to replace former Commissioner Gerard Robinson, a former head of… Read more »
redefinED roundup: Florida education commissioner resigns, charter school plans in Mississippi and more
Florida: State education commissioner Gerard Robinson, a former president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, resigns amidst tumult over the state’s accountability system (Tampa Bay Times). Robinson says the move was for family reasons (Tampa Bay Times). Critics of Florida’s education reforms see an opportunity to change direction (News Service of Florida). Louisiana: There… Read more »
“Miss Virginia,” driving force behind Washington D.C. vouchers, sets sights on new goal
Last year, Indiana stole the spotlight for school choice. This year it was Louisiana. And next year, if Virginia Walden Ford has anything to do with it, it just might be Arkansas. “Miss Virginia,” the heart and soul of the Opportunity Scholarship voucher program in Washington D.C., moved back to her home state of Arkansas… Read more »
Lousiana voucher bill wins bipartisan support
The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 61-42 Thursday night in favor of a sweeping voucher bill, and despite the initial media narrative, the measure won significant bipartisan support. Twelve of 45 Democrats, including six black Democrats, shrugged off tremendous pressure and voted for House Bill 976. The Louisiana vote is another sign that school choice… Read more »
redefinED roundup: parent trigger shot down in Florida, Blaine Amendment complications in Missouri and more
Florida: A parent trigger bill goes down on a dramatic 20-20 vote in the state senate. The same body quietly approves an expansion of the state’s tax credit scholarship for low-income students. Washington, D.C.: President Obama and Republican governors have found a lot of common ground on education, but private school vouchers are a major exception. (Associated Press)… Read more »
Put her in charge or it’s game over, man!
The American film classic Aliens features a group of futuristic Marines who bite off more than they can chew when a distant colony they’re exploring turns out to be a lair of deadly space monsters. Private Hudson, played by the late, great Bill Paxton, melts down in a panic. Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley reminds him that… Read more »
What American military aviation strategy might teach the ESA movement
Recently I watched a presentation about the United States military. We face a very real if under-discussed possibility of an attack by China on American forces as a part of an invasion of Taiwan. If you take any stock in what China says and even more importantly what it has been doing, you might… Read more »
BOG backs college spending requests including $15M for New College, EKG testing, and more
Former public school teacher who needed to ‘break free’ creates her own learning center
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Cristina Bedgood, a 15-year former public school teacher, took two years to craft plans for her own private learning center. She knew she needed 40 students in year one to make it work. But in April, when she held her first open house for Curious Innovators of America, she looked… Read more »
