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by: Jeffrey Solocheck, Tampa Bay Times|April 4, 2016 Parents of third graders across Florida have raised loud complaints lately that their school administrators and teachers have threatened their children with retention if they don’t pass the Florida Standards Assessment or an alternate test. District officials say they’re sticking to state law, which says: “To be…
by: Kathleen Oropeza|Guest Columnist Orlando Sentinel Parents of children in public schools are well aware that the high-stakes testing season is here. What they may not realize is that Florida’s marquee public education trial is under way in Leon County. Pay close attention. This is as big as it gets: Getting to trial has taken seven…
by: Jeremy Wallace|Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau March 22, 2016 A mini exodus continues in the Florida House of Representatives, as legislators who were thought to be running for re-election seek higher office. Since the start of the final week of the annual Legislative session, three House members who had filed for re-election have changed their minds…
Your vote is your voice. When we don’t vote, our democracy suffers. Our children need to see us as active participants in the voting process. If you don’t know where your polling place is, you can find it here. Here’s some important points about voting from the Florida Division of Elections: The polls are open…
Florida’s marquee public education trial, Citizens for Strong Schools, filed in 2009, begins today. Thanks to the herculean pro bono efforts of the Southern Legal Counsel, this is truly a citizen-driven lawsuit. Just about every “education reform” policy legislators have imposed on our children and teachers through Florida’s A-F Accountability scheme is on the table. Fund Education…
Urgent help needed today. Rep. Fresen has turned HB 7029 into a 170 page monster train chock full of charter school perks. The bill arrived in the House containing some rare charter school accountability measures such as preventing operators from profiting off of third party real estate schemes. That’s gone. Take action now. Tell the Senate to…
The Florida House and Senate appropriations chairs have agreed on public education funding. Floor votes to adopt the final budget take place this Friday, March 11th. Unfortunately, instead of a promised “historic” funding level to public education, legislators have agreed to a disgraceful 1% increase. Take action today. 1% to public education is unacceptable. The current…
Take action today and urge the Senate to stand strong and deny the grossly biased Best & Brightest from being rolled up into the Budget, avoiding open debate. We strongly object to the House’s cowardly path of letting Best & Brightest hitch a ride in the budget and expect the Senate to reject the House’s…
The Budget Conference met this weekend and by 9:20 pm Sunday evening, discussions hit a wall over everything but shaving their meager per pupil funding increase from 2% to 1% to be funded from general revenue, not another property tax increase as Governor Scott proposed. This is an election year rejection of a craven pattern…
Take action today! Computer Coding is not a foreign language! HB 887 by Rep. Janet Adkins makes computer coding equal to foreign language studies. This bill, which is the companion to the controversial SB 468 by Sen. Ring, hits the house floor this week. Florida already allows computer science to count toward high school science…