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Florida Tax Credit Scholarships Abused
Sending public money to private schools is unconstitutional in Florida. The legislature gets around the law by allowing corporations to claim tax credits if they donate their tax obligations to foundations that provide scholarships to private schools.
We do not know much about these schools. They are shielded from disclosure laws public schools face. Evidently, at least someone in the DOE is watching. According to the Florida News Service, here’s one private religious school facing the loss of state scholarships.
Making Informed Decisions About Charters: Apples are not oranges
Comparisons between traditional public and charter schools have little meaning. In an article entitled: Making School Choice Easier in today’s New York Times, charter school operators made concrete proposals to improve charter school achievement data.
Representatives of New Visions for Public Schools offer four ways to help parents make more informed decisions about the effectiveness of charter schools. New Visions are charter schools located in New York. They are non-profit.
Failure Factories: Some Children are Treated Differently
Charter schools are not the only schools that try to correct one problem and create several others. Sometimes traditional public schools forget that all children deserve access to a quality education. When some students are systematically treated differently, it is time to ask why.
The Tampa Bay Times has been following a tragic example of schools that appear to have been forgotten and children who have been ignored.
Best and Brightest Teachers Bonus Needs Study
Efforts to reward highly effective teachers are understandable. An expression comes to mind, however, about a road to….being paved with good intentions. We need to know where the road leads. The Tampa Bay Times published an article this morning that delineates flaws with the teacher bonus selection process. Of the state’s 172,000 teachers, Forty-two percent of Florida’s teachers earned ‘highly effective’ ratings in 2014; of these 5,200 qualified for bonuses of $8,500 each. Some who appeared to be qualified were left out. No one received the $10,000 initially promised. The amount of money the legislature allocated did not cover the cost. We should know where the money went. There may be unintended consequences. This program needs fixing.Continue reading
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