Do Florida’s Voters Want to Make School Board Races MORE Partisan?
At the end of each legislative session, Florida Politics publishes its list of “Winners and Losers.” No one…
“What Got Us Here, Won’t Get Us There” – Florida’s 8th Grade NAEP Disaster
“What got you here, won’t get you there.” – Marshall Goldsmith, World-renowned business educator and coach While Florida’s leadership…
Hidden Voucher Expansion is Defunding Florida’s Public Schools – Report
“This enormous increase in the flow of public dollars to fund private education has happened so quickly that…
Student Success vs Gamesmanship
At the June 26th Monroe County School Board workshop, the recently released 2017-2018 State Assessment Scores were discussed….
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…
Why I Want an Actual Teacher Teaching My Child
In case you missed it, I had an op-ed published in The Washington Post this summer. Originally published…
Advanced Placement Accountabaloney
Florida prides itself in the number of Advanced Placement courses its high school students take. Is it too…
Teaching to the Test: When is Enough Actually Enough?
On March 15, 2016, my Monroe County School Board got into a discussion regarding whether the district was…
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,…
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