Florida Once Rewarded Academic Success. Now It Prorates It.
After parents and students pushed back against proposed cuts to academic acceleration funding last year, Florida lawmakers promised…
Much Ado About Something
What the State Won’t Tell You About the Schools of Hope Co-Location Scheme A brief note:Accountabaloney is heading off…
How Florida’s Grinch Privatized Classrooms
Dedicated to the fearless Whos of Florida—the teachers, staff, and advocates who protect our schools every day. You…
Is Anyone Really Surprised?
What Monroe County’s numbers reveal about Florida’s broken school funding priorities I saw this image today, and it…
Relationships First: A Skeptic’s Look at AI in Schools
Encouraging school board members at FSBA’s “Future Focused” conference to prioritize relationships and ask tough questions about AI…
After the Audit
As widespread failures come to light, Florida’s legislative leaders split on the path forward for voucher funding and…
What is going on in Florida?
A lot. So much, in fact, that it has become difficult for an edu-blogger to keep up. In…
“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,…
Where Did the Money Go?
Florida’s school funding shortfall demands transparency — release the Fourth Calculation. Florida relies on two official student counts…
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…
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…
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