Governor Rick Scott and his education advisor, Michelle Rhee, believe that billions of public school dollars are better spent on for-profit charter school management companies (CMOs). “Who are we to deny a child, a low income child, who has the opportunity to take the same dollars and actually get a better education?” Rhee asked when…
DetailsBack in January, just two days after being sworn in, Governor Rick Scott and his advisor Michelle Rhee flew to Miami to enthusiastically praise what turned out to be an F school. “We have to make sure our system does exactly what you are doing here at Florida International Academy,” said Scott. Last week Jacksonville’s…
DetailsSlashing $1.75 Billion dollars is legislative shock therapy applied to Florida’s public schools. Florida Legislators are on a mission to destabilize and cause great pain to our children, their teachers and their schools. They have decided that giving away billions in corporate tax exemptions and loopholes is more important to them than funding public education. Florida’s…
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Who’s Going To Pay? Sadly, the answer is our children and their schools. The Florida Legislature wants big education reforms, but they don’t want to pay. We teach our children that when we want something we can’t afford, we save up the money or go without. When legislators write and pass expensive, unfunded bills, they…
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DetailsOn March 8th Florida’s Legislative session opens under the dark cloud of Governor Scott’s proposed $3.3 Billion dollar cut to public education. There should be no cuts to education, period. Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Constitution says providing and funding a high-quality system of public education is the legislature’s paramount duty. What does…
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