“Whatever could go wrong, Has gone wrong”
Florida’s rapidly expanding voucher program effectively bankrupted the K–12 funding formula in 2024–25, resulting in a $47 million deficit. Today,…
Florida’s State Board Poised to Ratify Heritage’s “Phoenix Declaration”
A blueprint for ideological control — and the next phase in dismantling public education. Next week, Florida’s appointed…
Terry Stoops Quietly Exits the Florida Department of Education
Terry Stoops, Director of Florida Department of Education’s Office of Academically Successful and Resilient Districts (ASRD), has left…
Where Did the Money Go?
Florida’s school funding shortfall demands transparency — release the Fourth Calculation. Florida relies on two official student counts…
Perverse Incentives in Florida’s Middle School Math Acceleration
Even ExcelinEd’s Levesque Can Smell the Accountabaloney One of Accountabaloney’s first advocacy efforts involved hand-delivering foam clown noses to state…
Planning to Fail: How HB1’s Flawed Analysis Left Florida Taxpayers Holding the Bag
Universal vouchers are draining state revenue and driving up local property taxes “HB1s fiscal analysis vastly underestimates the…
Facing Deficits, Will Florida’s Lawmakers Look to Public Education for Reductions?
Since Florida’s Universal Vouchers were instituted, nearly all new state K-12 funding has gone to students who never…
Don’t Be Fooled by the Man Behind the Curtain
Step Up’s marketplace is no Emerald City — it’s a mirage built on The dismantling Of public schools….
A Decade of Accountabaloney
This week marks 10 years since we launched Accountabaloney. What started in September 2015 as two Florida moms worried about…
profiteering at the expense of students, families, and taxpayers: Step Up’s Marketplace
Students shouldn’t be trapped In a Marketplace Full Of overpriced choices. Families and taxpayers deserve better. On August…
From Public Good to Personal Gain: How Florida’s ESAs Invite Abuse
K–12 funds are meant to educate students now, not be siphoned into private accounts—yet another reason Florida’s school…
Selling Florida’s Public Schools, Piece by Piece
How Step Up for Students is recruiting school boards into the unbundling of public schools Florida’s public schools…
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