Tag: IB
Why school choice? Because ‘different children have different needs’
Editor’s note: This op-ed by Steve Knellinger, a longtime former public school educator and now private school administrator, ran this week in the Tampa Bay Times. Here’s a snippet: More than 30 years ago, parents in Pinellas County showed up at meetings to protest a new school choice program. Schools... READ MOREOn school choice, teacher unions & McDonald’s franchises
While doing my end-of-the year inbox purge, I came across...
READ MOREIf privatization is bad, why don’t school choice critics target IB?
One of the arguments I hear from people determined to...
READ MOREDoug Tuthill on school choice, accountability, Common Core & more
In today’s chat, we talked with Doug Tuthill, president of...
READ MORESchool choice by moving van
Editor’s note: Most discussions of school choice today are focused...
READ MOREFlorida schools roundup: Catholic schools, teacher pay, accountability gaming & more
Catholic schools. Yet another Catholic school closes, this one in...
READ MOREFlorida schools roundup: laptops, gifted students, accelerated classes & more
School technology. StateImpact Florida takes a look at the One...
READ MOREFlorida schools roundup: FCAT scores, STEM teachers, super nerds & more
FCAT. FCAT writing scores up. FCAT reading and math scores flat....
READ MOREFlorida offers answers to North Carolina’s questions about school choice
Editor’s note: This op-ed was published on the Raleigh News...
READ MOREFlorida town’s conversion to charter schools helped local economy, too
Editor’s note: This guest post is from Jesse L. Jackson, superintendent...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Diploma options, magnet schools, students with disabilities & more
Graduation requirements. Gov. Rick Scott signs into law the bill...
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