It’s common for interest groups to play on both sides of the political aisle, even if they tend to lean in one direction. But when it comes to recognizing its champions in public life, the nation’s largest teachers union has a long history of favoring Democrats. That’s why it’s noteworthy[Read More…]
Tag: no child left behind
Florida schools roundup: Budget, new bills, Common Core and more
Schools spending: Some Republican legislators want Gov. Rick Scott to publicly acknowledge that increased spending on education in the next budget, which is being released today, will mean higher property taxes. Tampa Bay Times. Education legislation: Two Republican legislators propose asking voters to make the education commissioner an elected Cabinet position.[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: PLSAs, teacher evaluations, NCLB and more
Magnet schools. Broward officials consider making some programs all-choice. Sun-Sentinel. School choice. Marion schools move to a new open-enrollment policy. Ocala Star-Banner. PLSAs. A family explains how Florida’s new Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts will help them educate their daughter. EdFly. The program is administered by scholarship funding organizations like Step up[Read More…]
Arnett: Better tests will yield better accountability in education
Editor’s note: This is the sixth and final post in our series on the future of parental choice and accountability. by Thomas Arnett The issue of standards and test-based accountability has been an important topic in education reform for more than a generation. With the passing of the No Child Left[Read More…]
Peter Hanley: Wishing for a realistic view of testing
Editor’s note: Peter Hanley is executive director of the American Center for School Choice. I wish we could have a more sophisticated, more realistic discussion of testing in our education reform debate. We do not yet have testing right, but the noise, much of it irrelevant to constructive dialogue, is[Read More…]
Adam Putnam: ‘If we lose the parents, we’ve lost the battle’
Editor’s note: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam was a late arrival and one of the last speakers at Wednesday’s education summit on Common Core in Orlando. But he delivered some of the most memorable lines, stressing better communication with parents about education reform and school choice. Here’s a transcript of[Read More…]
In Obama’s Term 2, a historic opportunity to expand parental school choice
President Obama has often called on us to be true to who we are as a people, as Americans. And in his second term, he has the opportunity to transform the education system back to our core – to where parents are primarily in charge of children’s educations. We have[Read More…]
Florida roundup: A StudentsFirst endorsement, the Sandusky ad & more
Rick Scott at the BOE. Not much to report beyond board chair Gary Chartrand’s brief dig at No Child Left Behind. redefinED here. Gradebook here. Orlando Sentinel here. AP here. Sun-Sentinel here. More on that ad. The campaign ad that seeks to tie a Democratic state House candidate with Jerry[Read More…]