by Lane Wright | Oct 11, 2019
A new national report just came out and Florida, you should really give yourself a firm handshake and a pat on the back. No, not because you scored “green” across the board, suggesting you’ve held to high standards for teacher evaluations. You deserve praise for an...
by Sarah Rumpf | Mar 19, 2019
A bill currently being debated in the Florida Legislature risks wiping out up to $235 million in education funding, by making changes to the state’s lottery program, with no plan to replace the funds. According to the Florida Department of Lottery’s most...
by Lane Wright | Dec 21, 2018
Did you hear? Florida has just hired a fox to guard the public school henhouse and the newspapers are lamenting the impending death of “public education” in the Sunshine state. If you’re confused, or if you’re simply not so melodramatic, all they’re saying is that the...
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...
by Lane Wright | Sep 6, 2018
Now that we’ve narrowed our candidates for governor down to Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum, we can start digging deeper on what effect each might have on our schools. First, let’s keep in mind that Florida students are struggling: Less than half of 4th graders in...
