Tag Archives: Kathleen Shanahan

The Bush Foundation’s “Air Cover” Hack and Flack

Posted on February 17, 2013 by

Reporters across the nation are sifting through the emails which In the Public Interest released two weeks ago. It’s that drip, drip, drip you hear. Now this Associated Press story about contacts Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEE) … Continue reading →

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Parents, Teachers Put Scott, Board of Ed and Bennett On Notice

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

The state’s established parent groups – including the PTA – began signaling the day before Tony Bennett’s appointment as Florida’s new education commissioner that the BOE’s  selection of candidates promised to be so divisive that it would  assign them as … Continue reading →

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Florida Parent Groups United in Urging Scott to Reject “Political Applicants” for Ed Commissioner

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Jeff Solochek has this in Gradebook: Nine parent leaders representing advocacy organizations across Florida sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott today urging him to reject all three of the finalists for the education commissioner job. The group appeals to … Continue reading →

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About that New Chairman of the Florida Board of Education

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

I missed a subtlety in Leslie Postal’s Orlando Sentinel story last month that StateImpact’s John O’Connor  didn’t. This from Postal’s story about the search for a new commissioner: Applicants to replace Gerard Robinson, who stepped down after a little more than … Continue reading →

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Taking Up the Jeb Bush Gang of Five On Their Offer to “Talk About FCAT”

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

Last week’s decision by Florida House Speaker-in-waiting Will Weatherford to put his name on an op-ed in support of Florida oppression test regime, increased the number to five of Jeb Bush loyalists attempting to defend what essentially is Bush’s education … Continue reading →

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Will Weatherford, Like Levesque Ignores Crippling Remediation Rates in FCAT Spin

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Defense of FCAT and Jeb Bush’s high-states test regime has been limited to his Gang of Four in policy wonk Patricia Levesque, former Bush ed commissioner John Winn, former Bush chief of staff and current BOE chair Kathleen Shanahan and … Continue reading →

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Gerard Robinson’s Arrogant, Desperate Dismissal of Florida’s Local School Boards

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

In a lunch time address to state school board members, Commissioner of Education Gerard Robinson lectured board members that they were “ignoring” a decade of progess if they move forward with their resolution against high-stakes tests. State Impact’s John O’Connor … Continue reading →

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Jeb Bush’s FCAT Listening Tour Begins

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

From the Tampa Tribune: TAMPA – Sarah Robinson thinks high-stakes testing has hijacked and perverted Florida’s educational system. Carolyn Collins is worried about the self-esteem of students who think they stink at writing. Those were just two of the concerns … Continue reading →

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Unacceptable Bias From BOE Chair Kathleen Shanahan in Favor of Charter Schools

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

The Florida Current has a follow-up article on the decision of the Florida Board of Education to overrule local school boards on five charter school applications. Current reporter Gray Rohrer, spoke with Chair Kathleen Shanahan, who wasn’t afraid of demonstrating her clear … Continue reading →

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