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Is More Truly Better?
After 15 years of school choice, have we learned how to help disadvantaged children? The achievement gap remains. A year of school produces a year’s worth of learning. Children who lack kindergarten readiness skills must somehow learn faster just to catch up. Yes, access to high quality preschool programs is needed, but for children already in school, is more school better? Continue reading
Alternative Assessments for Students with Disabilities Abolished
In June, 2014 the U.S.DOE increased reporting requirements for students with disabilities programs. Both program procedures, such as meeting evaluation timelines as well as student outcome data are now required for federal funding. The U.S.DOE estimates that only 18 states and territories will meet the new standards; 41 states and territories met previous standards. California, Texas and Delaware are in the lowest compliance level.
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As Florida Charters Grow, Critics Watch
Some charters do fill an unmet need in this Tampa Bay Times article, but privatizing can also lead to profiteering. The League’s concerns about Charter Schools USA are highlighted in this front page story. The rents charged at some schools exceed $1 million dollars a year. Charter boards are not independent. Many charters offer nothing different, but diverting money from regular public schools creates problems from facility maintenance to busing and instructional support.
Florida to be epicenter for School Choice Week
School Choice Week will launch in January. Jacksonville, the home area of the chair of Florida’s Board of Education will launch the week with a nationally televised rally of students, educators and school choice supporters. This ‘celebration of choice’ will include all forms of choice from public to private including online and home schools. The strategy of inclusion does not mask the serious legal and regulatory issues rampant in school choice programs.
The League supports public schools and opposes sending tax dollars directly or indirectly to private schools. For-profit charter management companies are under federal investigation. Florida needs to lead the nation in well managed choice within the public school system.
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- League Members visit the office of Senator Marco Rubio
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- League Members wait to see Senator Bill Nelson
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- Education Team at the Department of Education
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