Tag Archives: Florida schools

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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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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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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Rick Scott’s a Sitting Duck on Parent Trigger

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Rick Scott has not yet earned the trust of Florida public school teachers and advocates. His increase in funding last year was only a return to the level he cut the year before and his failure to admit as much … 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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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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Rhee Needs Parent Trigger More than Parent Trigger Needs Her

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

Ann Kane and M. Catharine Evans have been chronicling Michelle Rhee’ s story since she was DC schools chancellor in the influential conservative website American Thinker. While I’ve not always agreed with their conclusions, they’ve been spot of with their … Continue reading →

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More Dispatch for the FLDOE’s Charter School Superiority Study

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

There are few education writers who can claim to be peers of Walt Gardner. Earlier this  month, the former teacher effectively unmasked the half-truths the charter school industry are telling the nation. In a post titled Questioning Charter School Superiority, Gardner responded to one … Continue reading →

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RNC Passes Resolution Against Jeb Bush’s Common Core Standards

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Apparently the Republican National Committee didn’t check with Jeb Bush before drafting a resolution  against Common Core Standards that is the cornerstone of his corporate takeover of public schools. Here’s the text of the resolution as it was printed in self-described … Continue reading →

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Parent Trigger Removes Parents Seat at the Table

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

Parent Trigger makes a stop at the Senate Education Appropriations Committee today. A well-paid lobbyist or two from Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Florida’s Future will be there and insists that the bill is all about giving parents a seat at … Continue reading →

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