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Doug Tuthill: To have an education grand bargain for Florida’s future, look to its past
A day after the Florida Board of Education unanimously approved former House Speaker Richard Corcoran to be Florida’s new Commissioner of Education, the new president of Florida’s state teachers union extended an olive branch. Florida Education Association (FEA) President Fedrick Ingram told the Tampa Bay Times: “We want to work... READ MOREFlorida roundup: Tax credit scholarships, teacher conduct, Andy Ford & more
Tax credit scholarships. On his blog The Fine Print, the...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: school grades, charter schools, Common Core & more
Charter schools. The Pembroke Pines Charter Schools system, which recently...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: parent trigger, school turnarounds, diploma tracks & more
Parent trigger. Who are Sunshine Parents, a group tied to...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: parent power, Common Core, Rick Scott & more
Parent power. Florida gets high marks from the Center for...
READ MOREFlorida education summit puts focus on Common Core’s potential, challenges
Florida business leaders put a spotlight Wednesday on the promise...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Tony Bennett, voucher testing, Newtown reverberations & more
Not the best fit. Andy Ford, president of the Florida...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Jeb Bush, school choice, charter school funding & more
Jeb Bush on FCAT, Common Core, bipartisanship. He tells StateImpact...
READ MORERick Scott: ‘My accomplishments were only possible because of my education’
At an education summit in Fort Myers today, Florida Gov. Rick...
READ MOREAgonizing over Amendment 8
Our preoccupation these days with a Florida amendment removing the...
READ MOREFlorida Gov. Rick Scott meets with teachers union president Andy Ford
From the News Service of Florida a few minutes ago:...
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