Tallahassee Committee Week 1: Highlights and Lowlights.
Reminder: Florida serves 2.7 MILLION publicly funded school children. Almost 280,000 attend publicly funded, privately managed charter schools….
A Letter to the Florida Board of Education
Florida law authorizes the State Board of Education, not the Governor, to name the Commissioner of Education. The Governor…
Meet Florida’s (Scary) New Ed Leadership
The Orlando Sentinel published a scathing article this week, calling newly appointed Chair of the Florida House’s Chair…
Privatization and Other Hidden Costs of Charter School Choice: Integrity Florida Reports
After 2 decades of so-called education “reforms” in Florida (rapidly expanding privatized education options, like vouchers and charter…
Why the Civics EOC Outrage? Oh, Now We Get It…
On Thursday, we published a post, wondering why the Florida Coalition of School Board Members (FCSBM), whose motto…
Did the FLBOE Bend the Rules for Academica?
One of the most controversial portions of 2017’s HB 7069 was the creation of “Schools of Hope” operators….
Have You Seen Backpack Full of Cash? You Should.
On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, I attended the North Florida premier of “Backpack Full of Cash” at Leon…
Florida CRC: “One More Step Towards Centralization and Concentration of Power at the State Level”?
Indian River County Commissioner, Bob Solari is a strong proponent of local control and he said so at…
Are Sore Losers Making a Mockery of the FLCRC?
Please NOTE: In this post we refer to Sarasota School Board member, Eric Robinson, as serving in a…
The FLCRC Appears to be Hell-bent on Privatizing Public Education.
In Florida, the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) convenes once every 20 years to examine the Florida Constitution and…
Florida Schools’ Mental Health Crisis Won’t be Solved with Hope or Gimmicks.
Richard Corcoran held a press conference on 10/11/17 announcing new legislation providing vouchers to the “private school of…
More Research Needed: Does this Study Demonstrate the Positive Effects of a Voucher Program or the Negative Effects of Accountabaloney?
In Florida, public schools are graded, almost entirely based on student standardized test scores, and then either rewarded…
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