by Lane Wright | Apr 8, 2019
Earlier this year, Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order “repealing the Common Core” standards. In practice that meant he tasked Richard Corcoran, Florida’s chief educator, with figuring out how to do that exactly. It’s not as simple as declaring Common Core...
by Lane Wright | Mar 25, 2019
Are you a parent with kids in school? If so, you should know that charter schools in Florida outperform traditional schools in just about everything you can measure. Each year, our state’s education department is required by law to look at how charter school students...
by Lane Wright | Sep 28, 2018
Look, I’m not saying the federal education law doesn’t matter. It does. It’s a check on the states to make sure students don’t get ignored, but Florida has been on a pretty good track. Students in the Sunshine State showed progress in math and reading last year while...