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…
Time to Circle the Wagons and Protect Public Schools
On November 22, 2016, I spoke before my Monroe County School Board, imploring them to take the threat of…
Was HB7069 Just Another VAM Scam?
When parents complain about over-testing, local school board members often advise them to write to their legislators. When similar…
COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION: Destroying Public Schools One Profitable Data Point at a Time
This is the planned statement I presented to the Monroe County School Board, my local district board, on Tuesday, January 26,…
Guess what? It’s Even Dumber Than We Thought
On Monday, 12/21/16, the Florida Education Association (FEA) filed formal complaints criticizing Florida’s Best and Brightest teacher scholarship program…
Worst and Dumbest, the Sequel
Representative Eric Fresen’s (District 114, Miami) much maligned “Best and Brightest Scholarship” program, which snuck into Florida statute…
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