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Florida schools roundup: Common Core, school threats, SAC funds cut and more
Common Core: National support for the Common Core State Standards has fallen to the lowest level in five years, according to a report in Education Next, a journal published by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Education Policy and Governance. Only about 42 percent of those polled support the standards, down from 90 percent... READ MOREGuess who else likes school choice? School district employees!
Teachers unions don't like school choice. But school district employees...
READ MOREI’m conservative, I’m for school choice and I back Common Core
Editor’s note: Wendy Howard is executive director of Florida Alliance...
READ MOREParental choice would honor the Dream
Editor’s note: This is the third post in our series...
READ MOREMLK and God’s schools
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of...
READ MORELow-income students need more resources to close achievement gaps
The latest Florida Department of Education report on the tax...
READ MOREParents should never have the authority to purposely raise an illiterate child
I agree with Utah state Sen. Aaron Osmond’s assertion that...
READ MOREWhat if school choice included choosing no school at all?
Editor’s note: Utah state Sen. Aaron Osmond raised eyebrows and...
READ MORECommon Core can help school choice
For practical reasons, many Florida private schools are rolling up...
READ MOREIs school choice a means or an end?
Up to a certain point schooling is an example of...
READ MOREMinister: Democrats putting special interests above needs of black children
An influential black minister endorsed Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris...
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