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How Parent Trigger Disenfranchises Parents in California
A second Parent Revolution inspired parent trigger is underway in Los Angeles. LA Weekly’s Patrick Range McDonald has the details: Today, Latino and African American parents at 24th Street Elementary will vote to ratify who will operate their kids’ school … Continue reading
Parent Trigger “Uses Parents Like a Cheap Dinner Napkin”
The following is an opinion piece from Kathleen Oropeza, co-founder of FundEducationNow.org. She has granted permission to publish it here. Despite a bruising defeat in the 2012 Florida Legislative session, parent trigger is something proponents are too stubborn to drop. … Continue reading
Meanwhile, Georgia Republicans Pull Parent Trigger Bill “Amid Concerns From It’s Own Party”
Parent Trigger died in the Georgia senate after the bill was pulled by it’ republican sponsor because members of his own party raised serious concerns. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Edward Lindsey (R-Atlanta), withdrew the bill when it became clear it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Montford, Charlie Dean, charter schools, charter schools in florida, don gaetz, education, education reform, Florida, Florida Chamber of Commerce, florida education, Florida House, Florida senate, Georgia, kelli stargel, Nancy Detert, Parent trigger, teachers, testing
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Another Reason to Doubt FLDOE and FEE Cherry-Picked Charter School Study
Scathing Purple Musings challenged the veracity of the recent FLDOE report which touted test data to claim superiority of charter schools over public schools. As top policy advisor, Matt Ladner tweeted, “Florida charter school students outperforming district school peers,” it’s clear … Continue reading
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Tagged Algebra EOC exam, charter schools, charter schools in florida, cherry pick, data, education, education reform, FCAT, FCAT 2.0, FEE, FLDOE, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, matt ladner, NAEP, school grades, teachers, test data, testing
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Court Ruling Puts Part of Parent Trigger at Risk
Within current parent trigger legislation is a provision which requires parents be notified if their child’s teacher has been rated as “ineffective” for two straight years. But a Tallahassee circuit court judge’s ruling yesterday raised doubts about using the value-added … Continue reading
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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For-Profit Charter School Fights Back Against Parents Who Rejected Them In Sarasota
Blogger David Safier has more on Imagine Charter Schools’ battle with Sarasota parents and local school leadership over their decision to secede from the nation’s largest charter school provider: North Port, Florida, could prove to be the tipping point for … Continue reading
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Tagged charter schools, charter schools in florida, Dennis Bakke, education, education reform, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, Imagine Charter Schools, Imagine Schools, Parent trigger, Sarasota, Sarasota Prepratory, school reform, teachers
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Bush Foundation Ignores It’s Own Nazi Baiter in Zeal to Criticize Diane Ravitch
UPDATE: After some comments, including key public education advocate Dr. Paul, Mike Thomas admitted he error and changed his post to reflect that the comments did not belong to Ravitch. (2/21/13 600 AM CST) Like most ed reformers, Foundation for Excellence in … Continue reading
About Those Curious Foundation for Excellence in Education “Scholarships” for FLDOE Employees
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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Florida PTA on Board With Raising Teacher Salaries to National Average
. Its one thing for a couple of democrats to advance a bill which would benefit teachers. It’s another thing all together for the state’s largest public school parent organization to do so. From the Orlando Sentinel’s Leslie Postal: The … Continue reading
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