Committee Week 6: School Choice, Funding Requests and Term Limits
This week is Interim Committee Week #6 (Feb 18-22). Monday is the Presidents’ Day Holiday and several education…
Interim Committee Week #5: School Safety, CBE, CTE and a followup on Schools of Hope.
Looking forward to the official start of session on March 5th, committees are now in full swing, meeting…
Dear Governor DeSantis
Thank you for calling for the overhaul of the Best and Brightest teacher program. We agree that it…
ICYMI: Florida Education Policy, Not Common Core, Encourages “Teaching to the Test.”
On Thursday, January 31st, Governor Ron DeSantis created quite a stir in the education advocacy community when he…
Interim Committee Week #4: What will they have in store for us this week?
Governor DeSantis has had a busy week. He announced plans to expand career and technical training programs (on…
Thanks for Listening Mr. Olenick
This week it became clear that at least one Florida Board of Education Member has been listening to…
Interim Committee Week #3: What’s on for Education in Florida
Next week (Jan 21-25, 2019), Florida’s lawmakers will return to Tallahassee for Interim Committee Week #3. Here’s what’s…
Familiar Names on List of House Education Committees’ Ranking Democrats
On January 4, 2019, House Speaker Jose Oliva released a memo announcing the Democrats appointed as Ranking Members for…
Interim Committee Week #2: What’s on for Education in Florida
Next week (Jan 7-11, 2019), Florida’s lawmakers will return to Tallahassee for the inauguration of the new Governor…
#QuestionTheSource
Massive Amounts of Outside Contributions Threaten Local Control of Public Education. When you receive political mail, we encourage…
Why Mandate the Construction of Unsafe Substandard Schools?
In 2016, State Representative Erik Fresen (who was employed by Civica, an architectural firm that builds charter schools, and whose brother-in-law runs…
Message to Legislators: Stop Using Our Kids to Advance Your Agenda. Veto7069
HB7069 is a 278 page education budget conforming bill that has been called a monstrosity, a piece of junk,…
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