Louisiana Voucher Baloney Reveals “The Cost of School Choice”
Over the weekend, our local NPR station broadcast an episode of The Center for Investigative Reporting‘s podcast “Reveal”…
Spin or Substance: Should Florida be Celebrating its Charter School Grades?
On July 11, 2019, the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) released this year’s school and district grades, reporting…
A Picture Is Worth 12,000 Words
A recent Orlando Sentinel article, “Florida voucher schools criticized in parent letters to state,” documented that when parents…
Prediction: State Test Score Release Will Result in Accountabaloney.
State mandated standardized test scores and the resultant school grade calculations are due out any day now. There…
Usefulness “Extremely Limited.” About that Florida Charter School Report…
On March 25, 2019, the Florida Department of Education celebrated the release of its annual charter school performance report…
Mr. Fitz Wrote the Only Myth vs Fact Education Blog You Should Read
Recently, our social media feeds have become deluged with an abundance of posts by school choice/privatization lobbyists attempting…
Gaslighting 101: Senator Diaz Edition
On June 6th, my Letter to the Editor, “Empty Voucher,” was published in the Miami Herald. Below is…
Vibrant Communities Need Quality Public Schools
Here is the full text of a Letter to the Editor of the Florida Keys Free Press, written…
Challenges in Duval Demand Real Conversations, Not Another Corporate Charter Experiment
At last week’s state Board of Education meeting, Duval Public Schools new superintendent, Dr. Diana Greene, was put…
ICYMI: Corcoran and the FLBOE Want to Take Over Duval Public Schools. Your District Could Be Next.
Last week, Florida’s appointed State Board of Education cheered on their appointed Commissioner of Education, Richard Corcoran, when…
Re-signing SB7070 Probably Won’t Make Teachers Like it Any Better.
Does anyone remember all the way back to May 9th? Governor DeSantis stood in front of a crowd…
Don’t Be Fooled By “Historic Education Funding” Talk. Voucher Schools are Florida’s Budget Winners.
“We’ve done a lot for the school districts. In fact, the majority of what we did, by far,…
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