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Take action today! Computer Coding is not a foreign language! SB 468 by former Yahoo! executive, Senator Jeremy Ring makes computer coding equal to foreign language studies. This bill does one thing: it sets up a lucrative market for vendors eager to sell coding courses. Florida already allows computer science to count toward high school science…
In this election year Florida politicians are spinning like crazy to make their education budget numbers sound good. For example, Sen. Don Gaetz asserts the misleading claim that education funding is at its “highest in Florida history.” The 2007, Florida Legislature passed a per pupil funding figure of $7,305.79. The 2016 proposed Senate budget reflects…
Take action today! Demand that the Florida House and Senate pass HJR 767/SJR 942! Let’s have some “choice” in politics and let voters elect their own Commissioner of Education. Florida Politics recently reported that public education advocates are “bugging” lawmakers to return to an elected commissioner of education. Isn’t that our job? Here’s the story: A group…
Betty Castor, one of Florida’s last elected and most beloved commissioners of education speaks out about why this should not be an appointed post. As she wisely notes, returning to an elected Commissioner of Education who serves in the Governor’s cabinet will give voters a real voice regarding Florida education policy. In her own words:…