Tag: Florida and accountability

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Parents are not a monolith

The mom on stage described how she and other low-income parents rode a bus through the darkness – six hours, L.A. to Sacramento, kids still in pajamas – to plead their case to power. In the halls of the legislature, people opposed to the idea of a parent trigger accused... READ MORE
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Florida scholar didn’t do homework before dismissing school “vouchers”
David Colburn is a respected former University of Florida provost...
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A curious knock on Florida’s ed reforms
It does sound nefarious: The people who back accountability for...
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Florida may get more time for education commissioner search
The Florida Board of Education is expected this week to...
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‘The train has left the station on school choice’ – Florida BOE Chair Gary Chartrand, podcastED
Florida is a national leader in expanding school choice. And...
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redefinED roundup: Florida education commissioner resigns, charter school plans in Mississippi and more
Florida: State education commissioner Gerard Robinson, a former president of...
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Agony and accountability in school choice
Education reform, for some of us, is full of tough...
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Time for a deep breath in the divide over education reform in Florida
Florida education commissioner Gerard Robinson has made what appears to...
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Test-bashing in Florida could hurt poor and minority students the most
If Florida deserves applause for its recent academic progress, the...
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Choice nuggets: Ravitch on vouchers, Florida’s academic progress and how “bad” public schools are like Ol’ Man River
Editor’s note: Here’s another selection of “choice nuggets,” a feature we...
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In Florida’s standardized testing fiasco, a sober assessment of what went wrong
Florida education officials recently posted a frank internal report about...
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