Are Florida’s Proposed Science Standards Another Step Toward Classical Education for All?
As science educators review Florida’s proposed standards, another question deserves attention: Are we witnessing a continuing shift in…
Who Lives With the Consequences?
Erika Donalds says parents should choose their children’s education and live with the consequences. Bruce Baker asks what…
Before We Revamp the FEFP, Let’s Understand It
Two guides to Florida’s school funding formula: what works, what has changed, and what needs fixing. In a recent Miami Herald article, State Representative Alex Rizo suggested the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP)…
Banned Books Week: The Florida Law That Opened the Floodgates
Florida parents already had the right to object to materials used by their own children. Donalds’s 2017 law…
Nothing Suspicious Here
A new statewide-sounding “teachers” group appears weeks before the election, armed with school-board endorsements and deep charter-school ties….
Renaissance or Reimagining? Florida’s Public Schools on the Ballot
Jolly would rebuild the comprehensive public-school system. Donalds would expand a customizable marketplace of education providers. Florida will…
I Told You So: Five Predictions for the New Federal Voucher Program
I have been closely following Florida education policy for more than 15 years. Long enough, apparently, that I…
Donalds Wants to “Repurpose” Florida’s Tax-Credit Scholarships?
But the program already funds hundreds of millions in homeschool vouchers—and demand is exceeding available money. On Friday,…
#1 in Education Freedom Is Not #1 in Education
Heritage’s ranking rewards a particular set of education policies. It tells us far less about how Florida’s students…
Florida’s New Education Commissioner Doesn’t Want Government to Run Schools
Henry Mack isn’t just arguing for more school choice. He’s questioning the very idea of publicly operated schools….
No One Was Blaming Parents
Today I had a column published in The Orlando Sentinel. It was a response to Nathan Hoffman’s August…
Maybe I’m Not A Unicorn
In case you didn’t know, in my “spare time” I am an elected member of the Monroe County…
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