Spin or Substance: Should Florida be Celebrating its Charter School Grades?
On July 11, 2019, the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) released this year’s school and district grades, reporting…
A Picture Is Worth 12,000 Words
A recent Orlando Sentinel article, “Florida voucher schools criticized in parent letters to state,” documented that when parents…
Usefulness “Extremely Limited.” About that Florida Charter School Report…
On March 25, 2019, the Florida Department of Education celebrated the release of its annual charter school performance report…
Mr. Fitz Wrote the Only Myth vs Fact Education Blog You Should Read
Recently, our social media feeds have become deluged with an abundance of posts by school choice/privatization lobbyists attempting…
Gaslighting 101: Senator Diaz Edition
On June 6th, my Letter to the Editor, “Empty Voucher,” was published in the Miami Herald. Below is…
Don’t Be Fooled By “Historic Education Funding” Talk. Voucher Schools are Florida’s Budget Winners.
“We’ve done a lot for the school districts. In fact, the majority of what we did, by far,…
Testing Season in Florida: This is Not a Work of Excellence.
“What was educationally significant and hard to measure has been replaced by what is educationally insignificant and easy…
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…
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