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Putting an end to the conscription of children

Over a decade ago I had the opportunity to present a paper at a conference focused on the policy legacy of Milton Friedman. Friedman had a wide-ranging impact of public policy, including but not limited to monetary policy, transportation, education, and the adoption of an all-voluntary military. It was the consensus of the presenters, including… Read more »

Florida details why AP course was rejected, state students lag on ACT, period questions and more

State details objections: Florida officials are defending their rejection of an AP course on African-American studies, saying the course includes segments of critical race theory, communism, reparations, black queer studies, black feminist thought and the black struggle in the 21st century and, therefore, runs counter to restrictions in state law against "woke" instruction. The rejection... Read more »

Colleges spending $34.5M on diversity, presidents vow CRT limits, librarian rules approved, and more

College diversity spending: Florida's 12 public universities are spending about $34.5 million on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the 2022-2023 academic year, according to a survey of information requested by Gov. Ron DeSantis. About $20.7 million of the total comes from the state, and helps pay for high-ranking staff positions such as chief diversity... Read more »

S.C. should trust parents to make the best education choices for their kids

Should schools do more to train students for the workforce, or focus on the three R’s? South Carolina K-12 officials have been debating that very question lately. A few education experts from around the country also chimed in, according to a local report. State lawmakers, though, are moving in a different direction that focuses on… Read more »

DeSantis wants bill banning mask mandates, early test results show gains, board appointee and more

Targeting COVID mandates: Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the Legislature to write a law that would permanently ban mask mandates at schools, vaccine mandates by local governments and businesses, and COVID-19 passports. Those emergency measures were enacted in a late 2021 special legislative session, but they expire in June and DeSantis wants to put the... Read more »

High school graduation rate down, state cleared of violating court order, superintendents and more

Graduation rate dips, but: Florida's high school graduation rate dropped nearly three percentage points in the 2021-2022 academic year compared to the previous year, from 90.1 percent to 87.3 percent. But the rate was up 0.4 percentage points from the 2018-2019 school year, which state education officials said is a better comparison because they were... Read more »

Hillsborough approves sex ed curriculum, Palm Beach considers adding school guardians, and more

Around the state: Hillsborough school board members approve a sex curriculum for students in grades 7, 8 and 9 despite complains from parents and a conservative organization, Palm Beach school officials say they are considering joining the state's school guardian program after four-plus years of resisting it, University of Florida officials are "strongly discouraging" students... Read more »

Move to limit bathroom use turned back in Orange, UF’s $300K swimming pool for president, and more

Around the state: An Orange school board member's attempt to end the district's policy of allowing transgender students to use bathrooms matching their gender identity was rejected by her colleagues, construction is nearly complete on a $300,000 swimming pool being built behind the home where the University of Florida president lives, several Hillsborough school board... Read more »

School district rezonings, $2.3M water damage at school, book about penguins banned, and more

Around the state: Parents opposing school boundary rezonings in Hillsborough County voice their concerns to the school board at a meeting Tuesday, water intrusion damage at a Volusia elementary school will cost $2.3 million to fix, a professor testifies that a law requiring ideological surveys at Florida colleges and universities fosters an "adversarial" relationship, a... Read more »

Case of ban on transgender athletes reopened, DeSantis sued over board appointment and more

Transgender case reopened: A federal judge is reopening the legal fight over a 2021 Florida law that bars transgender female students from playing on women’s sports teams after another court's recent decision upheld a school district's policy preventing a transgender male student from using boys bathrooms. The suit had been on hold for almost a... Read more »

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