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By: Caitlin R. McGlade | Sun Sentinel | 2.18.17 The concrete courtyard at Boca Raton Community High stretches the length of a football field. When the bell rings for lunch, a flurry of students pack it from every direction. Almost 3,400 students go to school here. Students say the place is so populated they can go years…
Florida ranks solidly among the nation’s worst in per pupil public education funding. No way around it, Florida politicians refuse to invest in our kids. Each year everyone from Gov. Rick Scott to House and Senate leadership brags about miserly “increases” of mere dollars. In 2015, Politifact rated Scott’s claim as “mostly false.” The fact is…
by: Leslie Postal | Orlando Sentinel | February 13, 2017 Six years after Florida adopted a teacher merit-pay law, there is little evidence the sweeping measure has met its key goal of boosting student achievement, the Orange County school district has concluded. In Orange, and across the state, student performance on standardized tests has not…
Grass roots public education advocates, you are magnificent! Although Betsy DeVos was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Education by 51-50, she walks into her new job wearing a giant red flag. The fight that lies ahead is huge. Fund Education Now needs your help. Please donate to help fund our web platform and messaging tool.…
Your voices are making a difference! Keep writing, calling & Tweeting! Betsy DeVos, U.S. Ed Secretary nominee was barely voted out of the H.E.L.P. Committee 12-11 after Chair Lamar Alexander bent the rules, silenced debate, and forced the committee to vote twice on Tuesday (1.31.17) to secure a favorable outcome for DeVos. It was an…