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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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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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Florida Republican Senators Giveth Then Taketh Away Local Control in Parent Trigger Bill

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

Mush was celebrated in Sen. David Simmons amendment to Parent Trigger which carved out final say on the final choice to local school boards. It was somehow because Commissioner Tony Bennett suggested in a letter that local boards “shouldn’t be … Continue reading →

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RNC Common Core Resolution Indicts Jeb Bush and Florida’s Republican Policy-Makers

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

I find every read of the Republican National Committee’s resolution against Common Core State Standards (CCSS) more stunning than the last. Beyond the “on-size-fits-all” criticism are supporting details so condemning that they cannot be walked back now that they’re out. … Continue reading →

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Rhee Backpedals on Tests and Why it Matters in Florida

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

Karin Klein writes this from a stunning interview Michelle Rhee had with editorial board of the Los Angeles Times: One of the things we ask of teachers — but just one thing — is to raise those scores. So they … Continue reading →

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FL GOP Want to End Local Control of Schools; Except When They Don’t to Get Parent Trigger Passed

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

So Republican Altamonte Springs senator David Simmons has crafted an amendment to Parent Trigger which he says was inspired by a letter from education commissioner Tony Bennett. StateImpact writer Gina Jordan explains: Senators said they changed a key provision in … Continue reading →

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So Where Does a Disgraced Michelle Rhee Show Up First? Florida, Of Course!

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

From Times-Herald Tallahassee Bureau reporter Mary McGrory: Despite mounting criticism over a possible cheating scandal in Washington, D.C., nationally recognized education activist Michelle Rhee was in Tallahassee Monday to discuss a flurry of schools-related proposals in Florida. “We’re here to … Continue reading →

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The Unfunded Mandate of Florida’s Test-Dominated Education System and the Potential for Crony Capitalism

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

It’s FCAT week around Florida and schools still are scrambling with logistics. Allison Ross of the Palm Beach Post has more: Ridge High School got a special delivery this month: nearly 400 new laptop computers. But that still may not … Continue reading →

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Has One Jeb Bush’s Chiefs for Change Been Implicated in Michelle Rhee’s DC Cover-Up?

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

The jig is up on Michelle Rhee. The DC test results she used as the holy writ to base her empire on were fraudulent. The adults cheated and Michelle Rhee and her Teach for America buddy Kaya Henderson covered it up. It’s … Continue reading →

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