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A Labor Day meditation on American education unions

It’s only a matter of time before anyone following the parental empowerment in education choice debate will come across the wild-eyed assertion that choice supporters are engaged in a conspiracy against education unions. That assertion doesn’t hold much water. First off, a great many European countries have both parental choice and education unions. So, too,… Read more »

Adventist Florida Conference leader: Our goal is to be intentional

“The greatest gift that any educator can give to their students is to serve them by being a foundation for learning rather than a ceiling.” – Frank Runnels As the organizational body of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the state of Florida, the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has a simple but profound mission: to… Read more »

Three boards unite to fight state’s mask order, more districts investigated, Gulf school district closing, two more COVID deaths and more

Districts unite to fight state: School boards in Alachua, Broward and Orange counties have decided to band together to fight the state's order prohibiting school districts from imposing face mask mandates for students without giving parents an option to opt-out. The districts have hired Greenberg Traurig, a South Florida law firm, to represent them. Alachua... Read more »

The gradual and the sudden

This week, redefinED will become reimaginED, arriving chorus-like to document the efforts of educators and families to reshape public education in a more pluralistic and productive system. Those efforts are taking shape in both gradual and sudden ways. Our goal will be to do our best to pay attention to both. As we prepare to… Read more »