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A closer look at HB 1009 (proposed expansion of Florida corporate tax-credit vouchers)
On Wednesday, I discussed my first reaction to news of Florida House Bill 1009, which I thought had some eye-popping proposals, and I posted Jon East’s response. I’ve had a chance to look at the text of the bill, and there are some details hidden in there that are interesting. The reporting of test scores […]
Jon East responds on corporate tax-credit voucher expansion (HB 1009)
Jon East, a former reporter for the St. Petersburg Times and now Research and Communications Director at the corporate tax-credit voucher non-profit Step Up for Students, was unable to put the following long response in comments to my discussion of HB 1009, and when he e-mailed them to me, I agreed to post them here: […]
Eye-popping proposal to expand corporate tax-credit voucher program in Florida
When Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Thomas criticizes the Florida House bill to expand one of Florida’s large statewide voucher programs, you know something interesting is happening with the bill. Thomas has previously argued in favor of expanding vouchers, but the current bill is eye-popping for Thomas. I have somewhat different reasons for thinking it’s eye-popping: […]
Zombie idea: short-cut high schools
I guess I was wrong yesterday in labeling Utah State Senator Chris Buttars as obviously out of the mainstream in terms of practices. The New York Times reports today on something that slipped under my radar: two-year high school degree options based on an idiosyncratic constellation of what the article calls “board exams.” Not too surprisingly, […]
Expanding digital humanities through diversification
Alex Reid’s discussion of how to tip digital humanities practices into “early majority” status (hat tip) pushed a few ideas into alignment in my head, and while he has a pretty standard institutional perspective, it’s headed in the wrong direction for a variety of reasons. The best and most productive way to expand the world […]