Florida Has The Capacity, But Not The Commitment, To Adequately Fund Its Public Schools
A Look at the 2024-25 K-12 Budget In January, a former staff member for Governor Rick Scott bragged…
Florida: We’re Number 1! But we are also Number 50… What Gives?
SPOILER ALERT: It’s Accountabaloney. On May 8, 2024, Florida’s Commissioner of Education, Manny Diaz, Jr., held a press…
About Florida’s AP Psychology “Situation”
Dear Journalists covering the recent kerfuffle surrounding the Florida Department of Education, College Board and Advanced Placement Psychology…
Senator Diaz Files Student Assessment Bill: SB1048
On September 14, 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference in which he announced a legislative proposal…
The Value of Preschool
Should a newly published report out of Boston, regarding the long term effects of preschool, influence recent changes…
Bright Futures and Other Destructive Bills Are on the Move
This week, public pressure led to the temporary postponement of SB86, this year’s bill chipping away at Florida’s…
CALL TO ACTION: SB1688 and SB1220
Heads up Florida! Next Tuesday’s Senate Education Appropriations subcommittee meeting (2/25/20) will be interesting. The agenda includes one…
Apples to Oranges: Comparing Full Day VPK to Half Day VPK
On 01/27/2020, Marie-Claire Leman, a Leon County parent representing Common Ground, testified in regard to SB1688 before the Senate…
Why is Academic Accountability Essential for Pre-School Vouchers but not K-12 Vouchers?
#SaveTheLittles #StopSB1688 #FundVPK On Monday, 1/27/2020, SB1688 will be presented before the Senate Education Committee (you can watch…
Expanding A-F School Grades to Pre-school and Other Very Bad Ideas
Save the Littles. Stop SB1688. When the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores were released, Florida’s…
Definitely NOT the Best and Brightest
Is it too much to ask that our representatives, sitting on Education committees in Tallahassee, have a basic…
Pre-School Providers to Lawmakers: Let Them Play
“Play is our business, we play… that’s what we do. We play, and when they play they learn…
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