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Florida Democrats Display Education Talking Points in Flagler Primary
A newly created House district was drawn for Flagler County and represents an opportunity for state democrats to win a seat. This Sheldon Gardner story in St. Augustine.com illustrates what should emerge as education talking points for democrats seeking legislative seats: … Continue reading
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Tagged Colleen Conklin, democrats, Doug courtney, education, education reform, FCAT, flagler, Florida, florida democrats, florida republicans, Florida schools, funding, high stakes testing, House district 24, milissa holland, platform, schools, testing, travis houston, Vouchers
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Why Local School Board Members Pose the Biggest Threat to Florida’s Anointed All-Knowings
Coleen Conklin isn’t afraid to ruffle feathers. A serious advocate for public schools, Conklin raised the possibility of a lawsuit targeting Rick Scott and the legislature in April 2011 for failing to fund education. She even toyed with the idea … Continue reading
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Tagged charter schools, charter schools in florida, Colleen Conklin, DOE, education, education reform, FCAT, flagler, FlaglerLive, Florida, florida education, florida republicans, Florida schools, funding, high stakes testing, Jeb Bush, john thrasher, local, local control, Patricia Levesque, rick scott, school board, school reform, testing
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Florida Legislative Candidates Assail Education Cuts; Urge Testing Reforms
From Orlando Sentinel reporter John Busdecker: More than any other issue discussed at Wednesday’s “Florida’s People, Florida’s Promise” forum for legislative candidates, it was education that dominated the conversation. Several of the 16 candidates — both Democrats and Republicans — … Continue reading
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Tagged common core standards, education, education reform, FCAT, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida governor, Florida legislature, Florida schools, florida teachers, funding, Gerard Robinson, legislature, lisa nielsen, rick scott, schools, testing
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Michelle Rhee Took DCPS Financial Backers With Her and Left Taxpayers Holding the Merit Pay Bag
Huffington Post education reporter Joy Resmovits tracked down Michelle Rhee’s financiers earlier this month. They include two who’ve pulled their support for DCPS once Rhee left to go solo. Until now, identifying Rhee’s usually anonymous donors has been largely a guessing game. But recent … Continue reading
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Tagged charter schools in florida, DC schools, DCPS, education, education reform, Eli Broad, florida education, funding, John Arnold, merit pay, michelle rhee
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Despite Scott’s $1 Billion Increase, Local School Boards Still Facing Cuts
From Leslie Postal in the Orlando Sentinel: Scott demanded more money for public schools this year, and the Legislature agreed. But the increase lawmakers approved won’t lead to bigger budgets for local districts this year. Per-student funding will go up … Continue reading
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Tagged rick scott, florida governor, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, education, Florida, schools, Florida schools, local school boards, charter schools in florida, florida education, charter schools, funding, bias, districts, Cheri shannon
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Scott’s $1 Billion Increase for Schools Contains “Little in the Form of Additional Classroom Dollars”
Writes Julie G. Delegal in FolioWeekly: Well, the numbers are (mostly) in and the news (mostly) isn’t good. The promised $1 billion is actually a lot less than it appears (certainly less than the $1.3 billion cut from schools just … Continue reading
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Tagged appropriations, budget, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, Florida schools, funding, rick scott, school funding
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The Moneychangers: How Florida’s Education Reform Movement Uses Religion to Manipulate the Public
Jacksonville writer, parent and public education advocate Julie Delegal closely follows Florida education policy. She offers this in response to legislative efforts to expand vouchers through repeal of the Blaine Amendment. In the wake of a recent circuit court decision, … Continue reading
Will the Denver Court Decision Impact Florida’s Failure to Fund Lawsuit?
UPDATE link after the bump. The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled late last month that the lawsuit by several plaintiffs against the state of Florida for failing to fund education would go forward. A Denver judge ruled yesterday that … Continue reading
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Florida Supreme Court to Rule on School Funding Lawsuit
From the Miami Herald: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A sharply divided appellate court has blocked efforts by Florida legislative and education leaders to halt a lawsuit over state school funding. The 1st District Court of appeal on Wednesday also passed … Continue reading
Florida Republican Worried About Charter School Failure
Wow. Looks like Maitland republican Senator David Simmons didn’t get the memo. From Leslie Postal writing in Sentinel School Zone: At a Florida Senate committee meeting last week, Sen. David Simmons made it clear he was worried about charter schools … Continue reading
