Tag: Eileen Roy
Student restraints, Holocaust education, tax holiday, panic alarms, coronavirus and more
Teacher pay raises, district to be re-audited, teacher’s prize, principal’s job and more
Florida schools roundup: Final day of the session, charters and testing and more
Education bill: Most of the legislative session’s major education issues are tied into a single bill that lawmakers will vote on today as part of the state’s overall budget. Testing reforms, teacher bonuses, mandatory daily recess and expansion of charter schools are all part of the bill, which can only pass[Read More…]
As Florida’s public education system goes on trial, school choice comes up
Late in its first week of trial, the wide-ranging lawsuit challenging the state of Florida’s education system veered into school choice issues. An Alachua County school board member told a Leon County circuit court that, among other things, charter and “voucher schools” aren’t subject to the same mandates as those run[Read More…]
Once again: Florida’s Amendment 8 is NOT about private school vouchers
Editor’s note: This op-ed appeared in today’s Tampa Bay Times. Few public issues are as absorbing as the balance between religion and government, so a ballot initiative that aims to change the boundary is worthy of rigorous debate. Instead, Florida’s Amendment 8 is being treated to a proxy campaign on school vouchers.[Read More…]