Vouchers: Sen. President Don Gaetz says he supports private school vouchers, but that students who participate in the program should be subject to the same or similar standardized tests that public school students take. Miami Herald. More from Orlando Sentinel. School choice is becoming more valuable for parents, who are turning to Step[Read More…]
Tag: Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor pitches school choice as path to realizing dreams
The Congressman from Virginia asked the Florida boys in navy pants and green polos what they wanted to be when they grew up. All of them in this middle school classroom were black or Hispanic. All had been awarded school choice scholarships for low-income students. One by one, they offered[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Career tech, STEM ed, Eric Cantor & more
School choice: Florida’s changing educational landscape requires policymakers to strike a balance when it comes to school choice offerings, writes Duval County School Board member Jason Fischer for Context Florida. Career tech: Five high schools around Orange County will get $1 million to expand career and technical programs on their campuses[Read More…]
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to talk school choice in Florida
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., will be in Florida Friday to talk about school choice. He’s scheduled to tour the Academy Prep private school in Tampa, and hold a roundtable discussion with students and parents. Students at the highly regarded school attend with the help of Florida’s tax credit[Read More…]
redefinED roundup: ESAs to grow in AZ, DOJ in LA and Cantor vs. de Blasio
Alabama: The state’s new tax-credit scholarship program has nearly reached the $25 million cap (AL.com). A councilman of Birmingham says the Alabama Accountability Act must be repealed (AL.com). Alaska: The state should abolish the Blaine Amendment and allow private school vouchers (Daily News Miner). Arizona: Education reformers plan to rapidly[Read More…]
Margaret Spellings: Obama has failed to lead on education
As the RNC wound down today, it took a sharp turn back towards partisanship in education reform, with former U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings offering the week’s hardest knock on President Obama’s education record. Former President George W. Bush reached across the aisle to work with the late U.S. Sen.[Read More…]