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Gaming Florida education policy
I need to write about this a little more at length after fiddling with it some more, but this morning I put my summer students in the shoes of school board members having to make high stakes decisions month after month, often with insufficient funds and with people likely to be upset no matter what […]
School boards losing perspective
One sign that a school board under pressure is losing focus is when you see unworkable proposals floated under the guise of process: Last week’s Pinellas school board workshop about Superintendent Julie Janssen’s performance raised an interesting side issue: Should one of the district’s attorneys, who now report to general counsel Jim Robinson, report to […]
Does neglectful oversight of vouchers violate IDEA?
An article published today in the weekly Miami New Times about allegedly fraudulent and dangerous vouchers schools using Florida's McKay voucher program for children with disabilities raises interesting questions about the state's obligations under the federal government's basic special education law. I do not know the veracity of the claims in the article, but if […]
Stressed Orlando special educator uses Youtube to document destruction
A Orlando elementary school special education teacher's video, Class of Destruction, is starting to make the rounds after a report on Orlando local television station Channel 2 (hat tip). Since I have known a number of special educators whose students had troubling and violent behavior, I sympathize with this poor teacher. I've met students who […]
Florida Commissioner of Ed sweepstakes
And… the Florida Board of Education named John Winn interim commissioner until it interviews candidates later this month for a regular appointment. There are only a few candidates with state-level experience. Right now, I'd say the Virginia Secretary of Education Gerald Robinson is a slight favorite over the others. As many others have stated, I'm not sure […]