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Bush Foundation Hides Behind Parent Revolution in Faux Parent Group Flap
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
Has Jeb Bush’s Foundation Created a Faux Parents Group to Support Parent Trigger?
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
Did Parent Revolution Bribe and Blackmail Undocumented Immigrants in California Parent Trigger Fight?
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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Tagged Adelanto, Carlos Trujillo, charter schools, charter schools in florida, common core standards, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, florida school reform bill, Jeb Bush, Parent Revolution, Parent trigger, Patricia Levesque, school grades
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Jeb Bush’s Foundations Falsely Allign Parent Opposition With Unions While Raking in Cash from Edu Corps
StateImpact’s John O’Connor got a quote from a spokeswomen who provides statements for both of Jeb Bush’s foundations for his story about the formation of parent inspired Alliance for Public Schools. Jaryn Emhof is listed as National Director of Communications for Bush’s Foundation for Excellence … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance for Public Schools, Center for Public Integrity, charter schools, charter schools in florida, education, education reform, Florida, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Foundation for Florida's Future, Jaryn Emhof, Jeb Bush, Patricia Levesque, philanthropy
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The Parent Revolution Monster Jeb Bush Wants to Unleash in Florida Communities With Parent Trigger
Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Florida’s Future (FFF) has brought in Parent Revolution the past two years to testify on behalf of Parent Trigger. FFF’s executive director, Patricia Levesque, orchestrated a press conference last week with Parent Revolution as a primary … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelanto, california, charter schools, charter schools in florida, education, education reform, FFF, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, florida school reform bill, Foundation for Florida's Future, Jeb Bush, Parent Revolution, Parent trigger, Patricia Levesque
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Florida’s New High School Requirements and Alternatives Show Legislators Were Listening
Some could say that they even offered a mea culpa. From Travis Pillow in the Tallahassee Democrat: The expansion of career education has been tied to broader changes to high school graduation requirements in competing proposals advanced by both House … Continue reading
What Does Hesitancy to Change on HS Graduation Requirments Say About Bush Foundations?
Patricia Levesque was against bipartisan support for changing Florida’s high school graduation requirements before she was for it. Writes Mary McGrory in the Tampa Bay Times: Earlier this month, Patricia Levesque, executive director of the Foundation for Florida’s Future, tried … Continue reading
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Tagged alternatives, Bill Montford, common core standards, education, education reform, FFF, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Fundation for Florida's Future, Graduation requirements, Patricia Levesque, testing
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Politifact Finds Trujillo’s Parent Trigger Claim False
It seems that a pattern is developing among Parent Trigger supporters: they can’t tell the truth. Scathing Purple Musings dispatched with the official talking points of Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Florida’s Future (FFF) here. Politifact addressed this claim that House … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlos Trujillo, charter schools, charter schools in florida, education, education reform, FFF, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, Florida schools, Foundations for Florida's Future, Parent trigger, Patricia Levesque
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List of Florida Opponents to Parent Trigger Continues to Grow
UPDATE: More additions at the end. Miami Herald reporter Kathleen McGrory attended today’s staged event put on by Patricia Levesque of Foundation for Florida’s Future to support Parent Trigger. McGrory writes in Naked Politics: Is the contentious parent-trigger proposal in trouble?
Parent Trigger Would Only Apply to “Small, Narrow Universe” of Schools
Orlando Sentinel education reporter Leslie Postal doesn’t attribute the quote in the title to this blog post to anyone, but it was a point of emphasis that the two top advocates for HB 867 were making at the March 7th … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlos Trujillo, charter schools, charter schools in florida, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, Florida schools, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Foundation for Florida's Future, HB 867, Jeb Bush, Parent trigger, Patricia Levesque
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