Monthly Archives: December 2015

Florida gave charter schools millions before they closed

by: Gary Fineout & Terry Spencer|Associated Press/Orlando Sentinel December 14, 2015 Less than a mile from the state Capitol, a former steakhouse shows little evidence that it was once part of a movement to change Florida’s schools. It was on this location nearly two decades ago that the leader of a prominent Tallahassee church put…

Setting FSA cut scores: high or low, it’s about politics, not kids

Lower FSA cut scores recommended by Commissioner Pam Stewart have the effect of repeating the school grades issued in 2013-14, FCAT’s last year. That means there will be roughly the same As and the same Fs.  Certain members of the Board of Education such as John Padget and Gary Chartrand along with lobbyists for Jeb’s Foundation…