CALL TO ACTION: SB1688 and SB1220
Heads up Florida! Next Tuesday’s Senate Education Appropriations subcommittee meeting (2/25/20) will be interesting. The agenda includes one…
CALL TO ACTION: SB1498, Turnaround, School Grades and Privatization
The Senate Education Committee is scheduled to meet on Monday, February 17th (yes, that is Presidents Day). They…
Is HB7079 the Fast Track to Privatization?
HB7079 will dramatically disrupt the current high school grade calculation and direct more schools, labeled as failing by…
Apples to Oranges: Comparing Full Day VPK to Half Day VPK
On 01/27/2020, Marie-Claire Leman, a Leon County parent representing Common Ground, testified in regard to SB1688 before the Senate…
Hoping for the B.E.S.T.? Using SAT/ACT Scores to Calculate School Grades Probably Won’t Get Us There.
On Friday, 1/24/2020, Governor DeSantis released a slick PR packet, celebrating Florida’s new K-12 Education Standards, following a…
Why is Academic Accountability Essential for Pre-School Vouchers but not K-12 Vouchers?
#SaveTheLittles #StopSB1688 #FundVPK On Monday, 1/27/2020, SB1688 will be presented before the Senate Education Committee (you can watch…
Heroes, like Miss K, Built Our Schools
In case you missed it, published in the Key West Citizen on Saturday, January 18, 2020: “In Florida,…
Expanding A-F School Grades to Pre-school and Other Very Bad Ideas
Save the Littles. Stop SB1688. When the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores were released, Florida’s…
Words Matter: “Minimum not Starting”
FULL DISCLOSURE: Sue Woltanski, an elected school board member from Monroe County is a co-founder of Accountabaloney and…
Redefining Equity
Today (12/10/19), the House Education Committee heard a presentation entitled “Why School Choice Matters,” by Florida Department of Education’s…
The 6th and Final Committee Week
December 9-13, 2019 marks the sixth and final committee week before the 2020 legislative session begins on January…
Hiding in Implementing Bills: Massive Voucher Expansion.
While everyone is abuzz about minimum teacher salaries and another teacher bonus plan, Governor DeSantis is planning a…
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