Monthly Archives: September 2011

Florida Forward Conversations About the Future: Education Reform

Our own Kathleen Oropeza will be a panelist at the Orlando Sentinel’s event- Florida Forward. She will be joined by former Governor Jeb Bush, Orange County School Board Chair Bill Sublette, Tracy McDaniel, Founder of KIPP Reach, and James Gibbs, Hillsborough County Middle School Instructor. The will discuss education reform and the future of Florida’s public…

Florida Teacher Salaries Have Dropped

This week is bound to be rough.  This week teachers all over Florida will get their first paycheck of the school year. Last session Florida legislators passed a law requiring every teacher to contribute 3% of their salary to the Florida Retirement System. Hearing about a 3% to 5% cut is very different than seeing what that cut looks…