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We here at FundEducationNow.org have spent the past few months meeting with various parent groups around the state that share the same mission to improve public education in the state of Florida. One of the very active groups that we met was Save Volusia Schools. They formed last winter when they heard of the dire…
As the Florida legislature continues to shift the burden of funding schools to local property owners, the colossal cost of the unfunded class size amendment looms. Joe Callahan with The Gainesville Sun wrote a thoughtful story today on the dense subject of education funding. A decade ago, voters overwhelming passed an amendment to the…
“Dropouts from the class of 2008 will cost Florida almost $25.3 billion in lost wages over their lifetimes.” Alliance for Excellent Education As our dropout rate continues to grow, that number is compounded every year. Sadly, it isn’t until we clearly tie our enormous economic loss to our soaring high school dropout rate that it…