Tag Archives: Florida

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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PARENT TRIGGER DEFEATED IN FLA SENATE!

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

From Kathleen McGrory in The Buzz: The bill, sponsored by Sen. Kelli Stargel, would have let parents demand sweeping changes at failing public schools, including having the school transformed into a charter school.It had been watered down by an amendment … 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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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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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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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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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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