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Would a parent trigger violate Florida state constitution?
The Fort Myers News-Press is reporting that Governor Rick Scott is including in his legislative agenda a parent trigger proposal. St. Pete Times reporter Jeff Solochek is a bit skeptical of the effectiveness of parent-triggered charters, but there’s another issue: The [local] school board shall operate, control and supervise all free public schools within the school […]
Distance Education Short Selling Investment Club
In response to Lee Fang’s feature in The Nation, How Online Learning Companies Bought America’s Schools, several DC wonks have criticized Fang’s article, from Bill Tucker’s note that the Florida Virtual School is public (something Fang never mentions) to Tyson Eberhardt’s argument that “private vendors” in virtual schooling will bring competition (presumably improving it). Since […]
Education politics course, spring 2012 (draft syllabus)
Want to follow the Florida legislative session’s education activity in a structured course? Education Politics EDG 4909-006 (2 credit hours), CRN 26417 Spring 2012 Class time and place: Online with the following face-to-face meetings: Mandatory orientation: Friday, January 13, 2012, 2-4, EDU 115 Mid-term: Friday, March 9, 2012, 2-4, EDU 115 Final exam: time/place TBA (finals […]
“This isn’t the business incubator you’re looking for…”
I’ve stayed away from commenting on the proposal to spin USF’s smallest campus away as a separate polytechnic university because I’ve been fairly busy with other things and because I’m confident in the ability of both faculty governance and my union to represent the interests of faculty in the system. For the record, the USF […]
Florida NAEP scale scores stagnant over past 4 years
Just a quick note after perusing the inferred scale score means for the National Assessment of Educational Progress released this morning, which adds 2011 data. For fourth and eighth grades in reading and math, it looks as if the state has seen a general plateau over the past three test administrations. As has been the […]