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Charter School Chain in Oregon Cheats Taxpayers Out of $17 Million – Can It Happen In Florida?
From the Register-Guard: PORTLAND — Two men who started a chain of taxpayer-funded charter schools across Oregon — two of them in Lane County — have been accused of cheating the state out of $17 million. The state Department of … Continue reading
Florida’s School Grading System is the Emperor With No Clothes
My Facebook friend and teaching colleague Catherine Martinez tactfully helps me out with editing my blog on occasion. She’s taken up her own pen this morning in a letter to the editor of the Palm Beach Post: Let me get … Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS
Tagged accountability, district, education, education reform, FCAT, Florida, Florida Board of Education, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, Florida schools, florida teachers, grading system, Jeb Bush, legislature, Palm Beach county, privatization, school, school grades, teachers, 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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Is the Florida Department of Education Trying to Cover for Mistakes on School Grades?
UPDATES after the bump at the end. Scott Maxwell mocked Florida State University for missing the mistakes in the DOE’s school grades that were released on July 11. But the DOE made no mention of FSU validating the DOE’s calculus … Continue reading
Florida’s “Tilt Toward Charters Deprives Public Schools”
From a Saturday op-ed in the St. Petersburg Times: For two decades, the Florida Legislature has claimed the expansion of charter schools does not steal resources from public schools that serve most students. But lawmakers can no longer make that claim. … Continue reading
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Tagged appropriations, Blaine Ammendment, charter schools, charter schools in florida, education, FCAT, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida governor, florida republicans, Florida schools, Jeb Bush, lawsuit, legislature, public schools, republicans, rick scott, schools, st. petersburg times, Vouchers
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