Florida Gov. Rick Scott delivered the State of the State Address to the Legislature on the opening day of its session Tuesday, stressing jobs and education. Here are his remarks on education, as prepared for delivery: Our work to cut spending and live within our means over the last two years has[Read More…]
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Truth and hope and the best education speech ever
This recent speech is 22 minutes long, but Michael Johnston’s stories about Tasha and Flavio make it worth every second. Johnston is the Democratic state senator from Colorado who made a name for himself last year when he led the charge to overhaul teacher pay and tenure. He’s also a former teacher and principal, and a Teach for[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Carl Hiaasen, an “indefensible” campaign ad and more
Carl Hiaasen on Amendment 8. He doesn’t like it, says it’s about vouchers. It’s hard to take exception with the legend who created Skink, but for what it’s worth, here again is our take. A campaign ad that “sounds indefensible.” From the Orlando Sentinel: “A group supporting Republican state Rep. Scott[Read More…]
Michelle Rhee at the RNC: Education reform “has to be a bipartisan movement”
Michelle Rhee calls herself a “very, very, lefty liberal.” So what is she doing at the RNC in Tampa? Building bridges. “Despite the fact that I hold Democratic views on a lot of things, what I have found in my work on education advocacy and policy is that I often[Read More…]
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Christie: “They believe in teacher’s unions. We believe in teachers.”
Apart from Jeb Bush’s comments at a panel discussion yesterday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered the RNC’s most extensive comments yet on education in a speech late last night. Full speech here. Coverage here. Education excerpts here: They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics. To[Read More…]
Diane Ravitch goes off the rails
After more than a decade working in education reform I learned long ago that if I stopped to kick every snapping dog along the pathway, I would never arrive where I needed to go. But every now and then I read something, such as Diane Ravitch’s latest op-ed on CNN.com,[Read More…]
California goes to court for education reform
At every crossroads toward the future, it’s been said, tradition will post 10,000 people to guard the past. For frustrated Californians that see the need for significant change in the education system, a major number of those guardians are found in California’s Democratic-controlled legislature and the California Teachers Association (CTA),[Read More…]
Teachers can fix a broken profession
Don’t like what an education reformer has to say? Just call them a teacher basher. Increasingly, that’s what teachers and others are doing, with this recent blog post on CNN – “When did teacher bashing become the new national pastime?” – being the latest in a long list of examples.[Read More…]