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…
Amendment 8: A Whole Lot of Crazy Going On
In Martin County, people are waking up and fighting for the future of public education. Last week, voters…
Local Control Activists Should Oppose Amendment 8
In 2014, a Collier County School Board candidate ran on a campaign to regain local control of education….
Why No On 8? Consider This Analogy
In November, Floridians will be asked to vote on 13 ballot proposals. To add to the confusion, this…
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…
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…
ICYWW: HB7069 sends almost $23 million to Bill Sponsor’s Employer
$23 million is a lot of money. Yesterday, the Florida Department of Education released this list. It contains the…
$1 Billion Well Spent? You Decide.
DISCLAIMER: This is not a blog against vouchers. We will not be addressing Gardiner or Mckay scholarships, which…
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…
Why Mandate the Construction of Unsafe Substandard Schools?
In 2016, State Representative Erik Fresen (who was employed by Civica, an architectural firm that builds charter schools, and whose brother-in-law runs…
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