“Book Ban Hoax” To target Florida’s School Principals
First they came for the teachers, threatening their professional teaching certificate if they provided classroom instruction to students…
Florida: Where Legislators Treat Permanence as an Illusion – SB86
A History of Florida’s Bright Futures Legislation from 2016 to Today. A tale of two testimonies: 1. Senator…
Is HB7079 the Fast Track to Privatization?
HB7079 will dramatically disrupt the current high school grade calculation and direct more schools, labeled as failing by…
ICYMI: Corcoran and the FLBOE Want to Take Over Duval Public Schools. Your District Could Be Next.
Last week, Florida’s appointed State Board of Education cheered on their appointed Commissioner of Education, Richard Corcoran, when…
Interim Committee Week #5: School Safety, CBE, CTE and a followup on Schools of Hope.
Looking forward to the official start of session on March 5th, committees are now in full swing, meeting…
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…
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…
Did the FLBOE Bend the Rules for Academica?
One of the most controversial portions of 2017’s HB 7069 was the creation of “Schools of Hope” operators….
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…
CALL TO ACTION: Recalculate Algebra 2 Course Grades for Students Harmed by Eliminated Algebra 2 EOC
Please help us encourage Governor Scott and the Board of Education to recalculate the course grades for students…
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…
Reverse the Damage Done by the Eliminated Algebra 2 EOC
Over the last 2 years, almost 142,000 Florida students failed their Algebra 2 End of Course (EOC) assessment,…
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