If You Give a State a Hammer…
In the 1960s, Abraham Kaplan, a Professor of Philosophy at UCLA, urged scientists to exercise good judgment in…
HB1 and SB202 Allow “Double Dipping.” That Should Be Fixed
HB1 and SB202 expand Florida’s voucher program to every child in the state, regardless of income. What was…
Is Florida Planning on Universal ESAs in the Time of Covid?
Recent podcasts by voucher aficionados suggest that they, once again, believe this will be the year for Florida…
Is it Time for Florida to Repeal the Online Graduation Requirement?
At a recent White House Roundtable, entitled “Kids First: Getting America’s Children Safely Back to School,” Florida’s Commissioner…
Ignore the Vultures: Let Us Get to Work Saving Our Schools.
While the privatization vultures are circling, dreaming of ways to funnel Covid recovery funds towards their pet projects…
Vultures are Circling Over Our Brick and Mortar Schools
As we recently wrote, free-market economist Milton Friedman once said “Only a crisis — actual or perceived —…
“For Choice to be Valuable, It Has to be Meaningful, Right?”
Today, the Florida House will vote on HB7067, this year’s voucher expansion bill, which aims to quadruple the current…
When it Comes to Public Education: Is Florida the Capitol of Kochland?
Over the weekend, I listened to an episode of the podcast “Have You Heard?” titled “Kochland: Inside the…
Teacher Exodus is a Direct Result of Accountabaloney
“We’re concerned about equity in education. You will never achieve equity by spending the few resources that you…
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“What was educationally significant and hard to measure has been replaced by what is educationally insignificant and easy…
Manipulating Flawed Survey Results: Two Can Play That Game
On 2/22/2019, Tampa Bay Times reporter, Jeffrey Solochek, wrote about results of a new survey which had been conducted by…
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