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School Board Official ‘Bought’?
When is it a conflict of interest for a district school board member’s campaign to be financed by a charter school management company and its associates?
The Tampa Bay Times reports that one third of a Hillsborough school board member’s 2016 election campaign is financed by the charter sector. Contributions to local school board candidates from charter advocacy groups is becoming a national strategy. Is this democracy in action or something more sinister? The issue is complicated by questions about the meaning of public education.
Charter Schools Back in Court
Palm Beach County Schools say ‘NO’ to Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) and duplicative, inefficient school choice. This is more than an anti charter complaint. It is a call to enforce the original legislative purpose for charter schools in Florida.
Vacation Time: Back in Two Weeks
Time to escape the nonsense. I am taking a trip!
Manatee County to Promote Third Graders or Not?
The Tampa Bay Times 
reports that the Manatee Superintendent will promote third graders after all who would otherwise qualify even though they do not have a FSA test score. Superintendent Green was clearly vexed. She cited telephone conversations and emails with the Florida Department of Education which clearly indicated students must have appropriate test scores in order to be promoted.
Today, the story changed. Now, students can demonstrate mastery by developing a portfolio in a reading camp or by taking the Stanford Achievement test. It is not clear that parents will accept these alternatives when their children have demonstrated good reading skills in their classroom performance and report cards. Stay tuned. This has gone past politics and logical reasoning.
The Superintendent is between a rock and a hard place. She opposed the FSA last year, but she felt she had to follow Department of Education edicts. Unfortunately for her, the story from the DOE changed between Friday and Tuesday. Testing, Florida style.
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