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Parent Trigger’s Contradictory “Parent Notification” Provison Returns

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Just hours after Parent Trigger’s defeat on the floor of the Florida Senate, Sen. Anitere Flores inserted one of its more troubling provisions  into a charter school bill. Leslie Postal of the Orlando Sentinel explains: About 2.5 hours after a tie … 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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Has One Jeb Bush’s Chiefs for Change Been Implicated in Michelle Rhee’s DC Cover-Up?

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

The jig is up on Michelle Rhee. The DC test results she used as the holy writ to base her empire on were fraudulent. The adults cheated and Michelle Rhee and her Teach for America buddy Kaya Henderson covered it up. It’s … Continue reading →

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How Parent Trigger Puts Florida’s Fine Arts Education at Risk

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Getting little play in this year’s Parent Trigger bill is the so-called parent notification clause. Parent advocacy group, Fund Education Now, sees the danger in Carlos Truillo’s bill for families and children who choose fine arts: March 21, 2013, Orlando, … Continue reading →

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Gaetz Says No to Scott’s Teacher Pay Raises

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

Not that anyone really felt that Scott’s political ploy had a chance, it was going to be interesting to see the end game of it’s dispatch. Senate president Don Gaetz took care of that yesterday. From the Orlando Sentinel: Senate President … Continue reading →

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Tony Bennett: There Will Be No Delay in Common Core, PARCC

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

From an Associated Press report in the Tampa Tribune: TALLAHASSEE — Florida shouldn’t delay new academic standards it’s sharing with 44 other states or a related test despite looming obstacles, the state’s schools chief said today at an education summit … Continue reading →

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New FLDOE Test Scoring Calculations “Has Potential to Dismantle Public Education”

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

FLDOE researcher Kathy Hebda has testified before the Florida legislature and the state Board of Education that data that was acquired by the SB736  guidelines was valid and measured what was intended. Meanwhile,  Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education has … Continue reading →

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About Those Curious Foundation for Excellence in Education “Scholarships” for FLDOE Employees

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

Whether or not the practice runs afoul of any  Florida statute is unknown, the FEE’s recruitment and reimbursement for FLDOE staffers to attend and present at an event that promoted their agenda is questionable. At least four FLDOE staff attended FEE’s 2011 … Continue reading →

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The Flawed Assumptions and Intentions of Florida’s Education Accountability System

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

It’s not certain where the most recent work of the Shanker Institute’s Matt DiCarlo will take the debate on Florida’ education accountability system. DiCarlo weighed in on Florida Senate president Don Gaetz comment (here and here) that Florida’s entire education accountability system was … Continue reading →

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Sen. Don Gaetz on Florida’s Ed Accountability System: “There’s a danger of all this imploding”

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

In a story by Florida Current’s James Call, powerful Florida senate president Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) made a some stunning admissions. “If you have a C school, 90 percent of the teachers in a C school can’t be highly effective. That doesn’t make … Continue reading →

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