Two sitting school board members in Florida are among the latest batch of applicants vying to be state education commissioner. Rick Roach (at left), now serving his fourth term on the Orange County School Board, is perhaps best known outside of the Orlando area for his criticism of the Florida[Read More…]
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Agony and accountability in school choice
Education reform, for some of us, is full of tough calls. And for some of us, there can be particular agony in the gray area where race, poverty and both types of accountability – parental choice and regulatory – intersect. Last week, the school board in Pinellas County, Fla., voted[Read More…]