Tag: Robin Gibson
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Fla. ethics panel grapples with public-ness of charter schools
Charter schools are public agencies and should be treated that way. That’s the upshot of recent deliberations from the Florida Ethics Commission. The panel spent months grappling with the case of Robin Gibson, a Lake Wales City Commissioner who also does legal work for the city’s one-of-a-kind charter school system.[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Charter schools, kids’ well-being, pay and more
Charter schools: The Florida Department of Education overrules the Manatee County School Board’s denial of a charter school application last year. Parrish Charter Academy’s application was denied because board members decided the school’s plan did not meet state standards in five areas and did so only partially in four others. Parrish[Read More…]
Miami-Dade schools face legal tab in charter school retaliation case
From the News Service of Florida An administrative law judge said Tuesday the Miami-Dade County School Board should pay $233,000 in attorneys’ fees in a case filed by employees who said they faced retaliation for trying to open a charter school. The legal-fees recommendation by Judge Edward T. Bauer, which[Read More…]
Will FL charter school ruling deter wayward school districts?
If Florida public school administrators decide to convert their school to a charter school, they have the law on their side. An administrative law judge’s ruling against the Miami-Dade school district last week was the first-ever ruling under Florida statutes that bar school districts from taking “unlawful reprisals” against employees who support[Read More…]
Florida town’s conversion to charter schools helped local economy, too
Editor’s note: This guest post is from Jesse L. Jackson, superintendent of Lake Wales Charter Schools in Lake Wales, Fla. By early 2000, the once great tradition of outstanding local schools for Lake Wales’ citizens had reached a point of decline. It was at that time when concerned citizens, with the[Read More…]
Education profiteers? These folks?
It’s true: ALEC likes school choice. Walton likes school choice. Jeb Bush likes school choice. Some of the folks who like school choice even say bad things about traditional public schools and teachers unions. But this is true too: President Barack Obama is a fan of charter schools. Former President[Read More…]