From the News Service of Florida a few minutes ago: The president of the state’s main teacher’s union met Wednesday with Gov. Rick Scott, but said afterward he and the governor are taking it slow in terms of making up for years of ill will between the GOP and the[Read More…]
Tag: Florida and education
Search for a new Florida education commissioner extended two months
Two more months. As expected, the Florida Board of Education decided this morning to extend the search for a new education commissioner. The board discussed the issue for about three minutes before voting unanimously in favor of a new timeline. The original deadline for applications, Sept. 27, had drawn 16[Read More…]
A curious knock on Florida’s ed reforms
It does sound nefarious: The people who back accountability for Florida public schools, the argument goes, are really out to mine huge sums of money from their degradation and demise. In a weekend op-ed for the Orlando Sentinel, Florida teachers union president Andy Ford (pictured here) mashed the privatization button hard[Read More…]
‘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 the state’s new top education official doesn’t see the momentum slowing, especially with low-income children. “The train has left the station on school choice,” Gary Chartrand, 58, told redefinED by phone this week – his first media interview since being[Read More…]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Florida Supreme Court: Lawsuit over school quality, funding can move forward
From the News Service of Florida: THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 11, 2012……….A trial court will decide whether state lawmakers are adequately funding public education after the Florida Supreme Court turned aside a last-ditch effort by Senate President Mike Haridopolos to block the suit. The Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday largely hinged[Read More…]
FBOE member: Next Florida education commissioner needs “a lot of autonomy”
As the Florida Board of Education ramped up its search this morning for a new state education commissioner, one of its board members offered a polite suggestion to Gov. Rick Scott and Florida lawmakers: Give the next commish some space. “I think all of us, the board and the political establishment, needs[Read More…]