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IRS Targeting, the Atlanta Cheating Scandal and the Bush-Rhee High-Stakes Test Model

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

Imagine for a minute that the opposite is true and that the United States abruptly switched from a flat tax to the federal tax code we have now? Frightening huh? Yet this is essentially what the nation’s two top education policy-makers … Continue reading →

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Michelle Rhee’s Pattern of Deceptive Marketing

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

Just day’s after PBS reporter John Merrow blew the door off Michelle Rhee’s cover-up of widespread cheating that occurred on her DC watch, she looked for a like-minded crowd of education reform partisans for comfort and affirmation. What better place … Continue reading →

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Parent Trigger’s Contradictory “Parent Notification” Provison Returns

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Just hours after Parent Trigger’s defeat on the floor of the Florida Senate, Sen. Anitere Flores inserted one of its more troubling provisions  into a charter school bill. Leslie Postal of the Orlando Sentinel explains: About 2.5 hours after a tie … Continue reading →

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Debriefing Parent Trigger’s Defeat in the Florida Senate

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

Perhaps Senator Bill Montford said it best in this quote he gave Palm Beach Post reporter Dara Kam: Sen. Bill Montford, a Tallahassee Democrat and former school superintendent, said parents already have the ability to make their voices heard. “The issue … Continue reading →

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Rhee, Stargel Got Some ‘Splainin’ to do About Those Parent Trigger Petition Signatures

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

NEW Tuesday morning update here (600AM CDT) Monday morning update here. MIAMI HERALD: On Sunday, The Herald/Times sent an email to each person who had allegedly signed the online petition. Of the 241 who responded, 212 confirmed their signatures…….But 29 … Continue reading →

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Tony Bennett’s Desperate, Disengenuous Defense of Common Core

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Sun Sentinel reporter Anthony Man was in attendance when Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett made a speech to Broward Workshop’s State of Our County forum on April 12. Bennett focused his speech on the sudden and unexpected debate that’s emerged … Continue reading →

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Kelli Stargel’s Fake List of Parent Trigger Supporters that Michelle Rhee Provided

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Welcome readers of The Florida Squeeze and NPE. Please see this UPDATE post. UPDATE: (Saturday evening at 6:48PM CDT) A third person on Rhee’s list has denied ever signing the petition. Erwin Crawford of Longwood “does not remember signing anything … Continue reading →

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Florida Tea Party Leader Leads Opposition to Common Core

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Patricia Sullivan ran for  United States House of Representatives under the Tea Party banner in 2010 and has emerged as a key leader in the state’s Tea Party movement. She was in Tallahassee this week and spoke at a rally … Continue reading →

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Has Jeb Bush’s Foundation Created a Faux Parents Group to Support Parent Trigger?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Scathing Purple Musings discovered last August that Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Florida’s Future (FFF) had created a petition to support its efforts to pass Parent Trigger. Not many had signed the petition and many of the one’s who did were employees … Continue reading →

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Did Parent Revolution Bribe and Blackmail Undocumented Immigrants in California Parent Trigger Fight?

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

With Florida republican senators obliged to pass Parent Trigger this session to serve Jeb Bush’s political interests, it’s crucial to remind Floridians what those senators have to ignore.  With House sponsor Carlos Trujillo affirming that controversial charter school advocacy group Parent Revolution … Continue reading →

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