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IRS Targeting, the Atlanta Cheating Scandal and the Bush-Rhee High-Stakes Test Model

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

Imagine for a minute that the opposite is true and that the United States abruptly switched from a flat tax to the federal tax code we have now? Frightening huh? Yet this is essentially what the nation’s two top education policy-makers … Continue reading →

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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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New Revelations in Stargel-Rhee Parent Trigger Petition; Senate Vote Today

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

A “weaker version” of Parent Trigger will be get a vote on the floor of the senate today. Writes Kathleen McGrory in The Buzz: The parent trigger bill hit the Senate floor Monday, and as expected, sparked some lively discussion. … Continue reading →

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Serious Problems Remain for Stargel, Trujillo and Rhee on Parent Trigger Petition

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Tuesday  morning update here As Kelli Stargel takes to the Senate floor today to defend her Parent Trigger bill, she will be wondering  whether or not it was  a good idea to get involved with Michelle Rhee. There were likely … 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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Bush Foundation Hides Behind Parent Revolution in Faux Parent Group Flap

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Two separate revelations this week further unmasked the political scam that has become Florida’s Parent Trigger legislation. The first involves evidence that the petition that Michelle Rhee furnished Lakeland Senator Kelli Stargel is filled with people who never signed it. Scathing … 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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Rhee Backpedals on Tests and Why it Matters in Florida

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

Karin Klein writes this from a stunning interview Michelle Rhee had with editorial board of the Los Angeles Times: One of the things we ask of teachers — but just one thing — is to raise those scores. So they … 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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So Where Does a Disgraced Michelle Rhee Show Up First? Florida, Of Course!

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

From Times-Herald Tallahassee Bureau reporter Mary McGrory: Despite mounting criticism over a possible cheating scandal in Washington, D.C., nationally recognized education activist Michelle Rhee was in Tallahassee Monday to discuss a flurry of schools-related proposals in Florida. “We’re here to … Continue reading →

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