Corcoran & the Board of Ed owe us some answers
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ADVOCACY
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ACCOUNTABILITY
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KNOWLEDGE
Florida public education has been subjected hundreds of drastic policy changes over the past 15 years. Effective advocacy means understanding policies and historical context. Fund Education Now provides easy tools to help advocates develop expertise and confidence about the issues.
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
Florida is ground zero for education reform legislation. Ideas that don’t pass one session are brought up again the following year. Issues such as high stakes testing, rigid teacher accountability measures, mandatory retention, unfunded mandates, diluting the authority of unions and school boards, expanding for-profit charter school chains and the promulgation of private school vouchers funded by diverted tax dollars are on-going efforts that are expanded by the Florida legislature each session.
Fund Education Now supports education policy legislation that does the following:
- What is Model legislation?
Model legislation is a template for a bill designed by education reformers, business leaders and lobbyists who work with state legislators to promote, sponsor and pass the bill.
- Why are Florida-style education reforms spreading across the states?
In order to maximize profits from reforming and privatizing public education, it’s essential that as many states as possible adopt reform legislation as quickly as possible. - Federal ESSA
Congress finally passed the ESSA, bringing the era of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to its much deserved close. - FERPA & Student Privacy
“Privacy is rarely lost in one fell swoop. It is usually eroded over time, little bits dissolving almost imperceptibly until we finally begin to notice how much is gone.”
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Parent groups plan rally outside state board meeting in Lakeland this morning
A group of parents who think Florida spends too little money and imposes too many rules on public schools plan to protest Wednesday morning outside the Lakeland building where the State Board of Education is to meet.
orlandosentinel.com
Corcoran & the Board of Ed owe us some answers - Fund Education Now
The Florida Board of Education and Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran are holding their regular meeting in Polk County on July 17, 2019 at Polk State College in Lakeland. Citizens have plan to protest the Florida Board of Education and Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran – who ar...
fundeducationnow.org
To turn his life around, jailed former Winter Park High student called his teacher for help. She answered
Winter Park High School teachers Kate Demory and Craig Russell have always helped their students. In the past they’ve furnished apartments, given rides to interviews, picked students up from jail and hosted dinners. Most recently, they’ve been helping a 20-year-old Amonte Green, a former student...
orlandosentinel.com
Richard Corcoran's wife owns a Taj Mahal charter school, our kids can go learn under a tree
Richard Corcoran believes in the golden rule, he who has the gold makes the rules. While visiting Duval some of whose schools are literal...
jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com
Changes to Best and Brightest bonus will leave good teachers behind, critics say
Florida lawmakers removed a much-hated requirement that rewarded teachers based on long-ago college entrance exams. But the new rules aren’t finding much favor either.
tampabay.com
Political chaos roils Alaska as universities face devastating cuts
The University of Alaska is facing a 41 percent cut in state funding for the current fiscal year.
washingtonpost.com
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