Desegregation complaint: The ACLU files an administrative complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights that accuses the Indian River County School District of not following the terms of a 1967 desegregation order. TCPalm. School testing: State Education Commissioner Pam Stewart is not going along with the[Read More…]
Tag: ACLU
Feds going too far in plan to oversee private voucher schools?
by Allison Hertog I have dedicated my life to helping disabled students – first as a special education teacher and, for the last many years, as an attorney for parents of disabled children. As strongly as I support the rights of disabled students to be educated on an equal playing field[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Teacher quality, teacher evaluations, a missing forklift & more
Next steps. Florida should adopt parent triggers and education savings accounts to keep the reform momentum going, writes William Mattox at the James Madison Institute. Florida Voices. More on teacher raises. Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal is “long overdue,” writes the Miami Herald. Teachers deserve it, writes the Tampa Tribune. Agreed, writes the Florida[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Tony Bennett, school choice fairs, teachers and guns & more
Tony Bennett. The Orlando Sentinel hopes the new commissioner, who begins work today, “treads with discretion.” The Associated Press recalls his tenure in Indiana and ties to Jeb Bush. Expand school choice now! Sort of. The Tampa Bay Times means options under district control: “The broader answer to improving public[Read More…]
redefinED roundup: charter schools in Maine, parent trigger in California & more
New Hampshire: The ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State file suit against the state’s new tax credit scholarship program (New Hampshire Public Radio). More from Associated Press. Maine: State Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen points to problems in the process after the state charter school commission rejects[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Online learning, tax credit scholarships, Amendment 8 and more
Amendment 8 debate. Video at the Naples Daily News. Featuring Jim Towey, Ave Maria University president, and Howard Simon, Florida ACLU executive director. The Naples Daily News also runs this op-ed in favor of 8. Drug-sniffing dogs. The U.S. Supreme Court considers arguments in two cases, including one in Florida, with potential implications for[Read More…]
Strong words, and a little cognitive dissonance
A judge in Colorado on Friday blocked the Douglas County school district’s voucher experiment, insisting that allowing the program to move forward will lead to “real, immediate, and irreparable injury” to the plaintiffs and others who asked for the injunction. Specifically, Judge Michael A. Martinez wrote in a 68-page ruling that[Read More…]
Lots of action in Douglas County
The Wall Street Journal hits the ground in Douglas County, Colo., with a report on the school district’s pilot voucher program, highlighting that more affluent families will benefit from a policy that’s largely targeted to more disadvantaged children in other states and municipalities. Also, The Denver Post gives readers a[Read More…]