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Michelle Rhee’s Pattern of Deceptive Marketing
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
Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS
Tagged charter schools, charter schools in florida, common core standards, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, florida republicans, Florida schools, high stakes testing, market based reform, michelle rhee, Parent trigger, petition, school reform, StudentsFirst, testing
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Kelli Stargel’s Fake List of Parent Trigger Supporters that Michelle Rhee Provided
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
Florida Tea Party Leader Leads Opposition to Common Core
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
RNC Common Core Resolution Indicts Jeb Bush and Florida’s Republican Policy-Makers
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
Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS
Tagged Bobby Jindal, CCSS, Chiefs for Change, common core standards, database, DOE, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida governor, florida republicans, florida school reform bill, Florida schools, Jeb Bush, John White, rick scott, RNC Resolution Against CCSS, SB 878, tony bennett
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Rhee Backpedals on Tests and Why it Matters in Florida
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
FL GOP Want to End Local Control of Schools; Except When They Don’t to Get Parent Trigger Passed
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
Indiana Republicans are Scaling Back Bennett, Bush Reforms
In story titled Education Facing Reform Fatigue – State Lawmakers are Leery of Passing More Legislation, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reporter Niki Kelly writes about the efforts of Indiana republican legislators to slow some of the reforms championed by former education … Continue reading
How Jeb Bush’s Foundation Excuses Away the Atlanta Cheating Scandal
They used Rick Pitino’s contract: Incentive and reward systems comprise the foundation of a well-functioning society. In most professions, there is some kind of financial motivation for good performance, as well as negative consequences for poor performance. While some instances … Continue reading
The Florida Children Parent Trigger Leaves Behind
Lost amidst all the bloviating by Florida’s republican legislators that Parent Trigger will finally give parents a seat at the table is the reality that some parents and children won’t. By Parent Trigger’s coercive petition, they become disenfranchised. No provision in Florida’s Parent Trigger … Continue reading
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Tagged charter schools, charter schools in florida, education reform, Florida, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, florida school reform bill, Florida schools, free or reuced lunch program, gifted, Parent Revolution, Parent trigger, special needs
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Even in Victory, Trujillo Misrepresents Opposition to Parent Trigger
The most surprising news from yesterday’s passage of Parent Trigger (HB 867) in the that they Florida House was that there were seven republican votes against it in the final 68-51 tally. What wasn’t surprising was that bill sponsor, Carlos … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlos Trujillo, charter schools, charter schools in florida, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, Florida schools, high stakes testing, Jeb Bush, kelli stargel, Parent trigger, SB 867
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