Education During a Global Pandemic: It is Going to be Okay…
As posted on Facebook, by Accountabaloney co-founder and Monroe County School Board Member Sue Woltanski: “For all but…
That Night When House Democrats Saved Local Control of Teacher Salaries
With so much going on, it is hard to imagine that just two weeks ago the Florida Legislature…
Bending the Rules: How the FL Senate Passed Voucher Expansion
On the last regular day of session, 3/13/2020, after an informal recess, with a quorum of just 34…
$1.1 Billion is A Lot of Money and 170,000 is A Lot of Students
On Wednesday evening, the Florida Senate took up HB7067, this year’s voucher expansion bill which seeks to quadruple…
“For Choice to be Valuable, It Has to be Meaningful, Right?”
Today, the Florida House will vote on HB7067, this year’s voucher expansion bill, which aims to quadruple the current…
Actually, Chair Sullivan, It IS “an And/Or”
As we wrote previously, HB7067 (and its companion SB1220), by quadrupling the current annual enrollment growth rate and placing…
SLOW DOWN: Stop the Never-Ending Voucher Expansion
Originally heralded as the “Year of the Teacher” by Governor DeSantis, in the final days of the Legislative…
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…
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