Whack-A-Mole UpDate: The 2019 Legislative Session in Review
The 2019 Legislative Session is over. Corporate Ed Reformers are celebrating a “historic year for education,” while Public…
HB7123 is a Bridge Too Far and President Lee is Fed Up.
Late Friday night, the Florida Senate passed HB7123, the annual tax package which included the usual Back-to-School and…
Why is Rep. Fischer Hiding Alternate Charter School Authorization in HB1197?
Article IX, Section 4, of the Florida Constitution mandates that elected school boards “shall operate, control and supervise…
Legislative Whack-A-Mole
We are just 4 weeks into the 60 day long, 2019 Florida Legislative session and bills detrimental to…
Education Crisis in Florida? “Our system of education is being overwhelmed…”
SB7070, the Senate Education Committee’s first train bill of the session, passed through their committee along a party…
Manipulating Flawed Survey Results: Two Can Play That Game
On 2/22/2019, Tampa Bay Times reporter, Jeffrey Solochek, wrote about results of a new survey which had been conducted by…
Guess Whose Property Taxes are Going to Pay for DeSantis’ New Private School Voucher?
Spoiler Alert: YOURS. On February 15, 2019, Governor DeSantis visited private religious schools in Orlando and Miami to…
Should Public Education Be Defined Solely by its Funding Source? Please Discuss.
In a private religious school in Orlando, Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran declared Friday, February 15, 2019, as…
Rep. Zika, We Have Your Answer
This is the blog where we learned that every time we we enjoy a cold beer, we may…
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…
About that Nephrologist on DeSantis’ Education Transition Team…
The final DeSantis Transition Advisory Committee on Education & Workforce Development Teleconference Call will be held Friday, December…
Billionaire Sponsored Democrats Fill House Ed Committee
When Florida passes massive expansion of school choice policy next session, you can expect bipartisan support in the…
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