Who is Terry Stoops and What is the Purpose of the FLDOE’s “Academically Successful and Resilient Districts” Office?
[An article, published this morning in the Orlando Sentinel, answers many of the questions I was investigating while…
Activist or Advocate – Defending Public Education in Florida
Activist or Advocate? Can one really advocate for public education in a state hell bent on privatizing it…
Stories About How Charters Profit and Suspect Statistics from a Charter School Lobbyist
Setting the Record Straight. Last week in Senate Appropriations, SB1328’s final stop before the Senate floor, Senate Democrats…
DeSantis Endorsed School Boards Continue to Wreak Havoc
It appears that school boards across Florida are trying to cause more mayhem than the bills being passed…
Next Week Won’t Be Much Better – Messing With The FEFP
Culture Wars, Academic Freedom in Higher Ed, Universal ESA Vouchers and attacking Teachers Unions – there was a…
Intellectually Bankrupt: Education Funding in Florida and the Impacts of HB1/SB202
The Florida Policy Institute (FPI) is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization dedicated to advancing policies and budgets…
HB1 and SB202 Allow “Double Dipping.” That Should Be Fixed
HB1 and SB202 expand Florida’s voucher program to every child in the state, regardless of income. What was…
Willful Ignorance? Underestimating The Costs of HB1/SB202 Will Hurt Public Schools
“HB1s fiscal analysis vastly underestimates the costs of this voucher expansion and if this isn’t corrected, public schools…
An Open Letter to the Senate Education PreK-12 Committee re. SB202
This Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 9:30 am, the Senate Education PreK-12 committee will hear SB202, the Senate…
Florida 2023: Setting Lots of Fires and Watching Public Schools Burn
Start lots of fires. Overwhelm the fire department and Enjoy watching them burn. This is the way of…
Florida Women, Customization and Choice
Two Florida women made education news this week. One insisted on the importance of providing a customized education…
Answering the Five Questions You Should Be Asking About HB1
On Jan 23, 2023, Edu-blogger Peter Greene published an article at forbes.com entitled “Is Your State Considering An…
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