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Gaetz Says No to Scott’s Teacher Pay Raises
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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Tagged charter schools, charter schools in florida, DOE, don gaetz, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida governor, Jeb Bush, merit pay, rick scott, sb736, teacher pay raises, teacher unions, teachers, testing
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Jeb Bush Dodges Questions From Tampa Tribune Reporter in Story on His Foundation
Tampa Tribune reporter William March has this: TAMPA – Lobbyists are not allowed to finance perks like trips for state officials, but those at the Foundation for Excellence in Education get around that ban by being registered to another foundation … Continue reading
Ignoring Moms in the Room, Bush Foundation Blames Unions for Watchdog Report
In response to last week’s release of In the Public Interests report based on emails obtained through an FOIA request, Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education didn’t shoot the messenger. They too aim at a union strawman who wasn’t there. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Foundation, charter schools, charter schools in florida, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, Florida schools, florida teachers, Foundation for Excellence in Education, In the Public Interest, Jeb Bush, Partnerships for Working Families, teacher unions
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Florida Chamber of Commerce Legislative Goals: Merit Pay, Union Busting and Protecting High-Stakes Testing
After cutting through lofty platitudes in their legislative agenda the FCOC include these talking points about education. First in their letter to “Letter to Florida Business Leaders” *Education reform is hurting because union leaders make it about the adults when it … Continue reading
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz: Tenure “An Immoral Concept”
From NWF Daily News reporter Tom McLaughlin on Matt Gaetz meting yesterday with the League of Women Voters of Okaloosa County: Gaetz, “an unapologetic supporter of FCAT,” debated school testing and teacher tenure with a couple of former educators in … Continue reading
Suggestion to GOP: “It’s OK to Support Regular-Old Public Schools”
The winds of change for the republican party and it’s mouthpieces have taken them to areas they’d never considered prior to getting shellacked by an incumbent with a poor record on the economy and one who clearly stood in opposition … Continue reading
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Tagged charter schools, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, GOP, Jeb Bush, republicans, School Choice, teacher unions, teachers
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Florida Media Finally Shines the Light on Voucher, Charter School and Online Education Money in Florida Politics
The narrative the Florida media is advancing on education policy has changed. And not in a way which is favorable for the state’s education power brokers. Jeff Solochek published a column in the Tampa Bay Times on the last day … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Ford, charter schools, charter schools in florida, education, education reform, FEA, Florida, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, florida school reform bill, Florida schools, Florida students, john kirtley, teacher unions, Vouchers
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The Visions of Common Core Standards Which Dance in the Heads Florida’s Leaders Doesn’t Snuff Out the Reality of More Tests
Associated Press reporter Bill Kaczor takes a comprehensive look at Florida’s transition to national Common Core Standards. Interim state education commissioner Pam Stewart glows predictably as Common Core “is about the skills required in Florida.” This description by Kaczor sums up why … Continue reading
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Tagged acountability, Andy Ford, common core standards, education, education reform, FCAT, FEA, Florida, florida education, Florida schools, Florida students, florida teachers, high stakes testing, pam stewart, sb736, school grades, teacher evaluations, teacher unions, teachers, testing
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Why Florida’s Teachers and Schools Are About to Face a Smashmouth Legal Fight Over SB 736
Word came yesterday in Jeff Solocheck’s Gradebook that the lawsuit filed by a group of teachers against SB 736 has hit a new roadblock: The latest twist on the case is that the state’s new lawyer is questioning whether the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis Tibbetts, DOE, education, Florida, florida education reform bill, florida school reform bill, Florida schools, Florida students, florida teachers, high stakes testing, Michael Mattimore, OCEA, Okaloosa county, sb736, teacher unions, testing, tony bennett
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Parents, Teachers Put Scott, Board of Ed and Bennett On Notice
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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Tagged charter schools, charter schools in florida, DOE, education, education reform, FEA, Florida, Florida Board of Education, florida education, florida governor, Florida schools, high stakes testing, Kathleen Shanahan, National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing, parent groups, PTA, rick scott, school grades, teacher unions, testing, tony bennett
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