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Florida lawmakers to consider a stack of school choice bills
Editor’s note: Another year, another legislative session, another stack of school-choice bills in Florida. Here’s a roundup of choice legislation that lawmakers will consider in the annual session that begins today. Career Academies: SB 1076 by Sen. John Legg, R-Lutz. Expands the “Career and Professional Education Act (CAPE),” revising requirements... READ MOREFlorida roundup: Low graduation rates, teacher raises, Teach for America & more
Grad rates. Not good for Florida, according to this new...
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School choice battle. The Palm Beach Post sees one unfolding...
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Testing for “voucher” kids. The Orlando Sentinel editorial board concludes...
READ MOREFlorida Catholic schools embrace Common Core, hope to take FCAT
Florida Catholic schools are embracing Common Core academic standards and...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Jeb Bush, school choice, charter school funding & more
Jeb Bush on FCAT, Common Core, bipartisanship. He tells StateImpact...
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