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Julie DelegalApril 28, 2016

Florida’s approach to improving public education is getting serious scrutiny on several fronts. Now is the time to take a good look at whether the changes we’ve endured — mass privatization, real-dollar funding decreases, high-stakes testing, and loss of local school board authority — gets us closer to carrying out our constitutional duty to our […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2016

“Citizens for Strong Schools Inc. v. Florida State Board of Education,” filed in 2009, finally is getting a hearing more than six years later. And Duval County School Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, who wasn’t around when it was filed, took the stand Wednesday in a Tallahassee courtroom. The plaintiffs contend that Florida fell short of school funding […]

Associated PressDecember 7, 2015

A Florida judge is upholding two of the state’s main private school voucher programs. Circuit Judge George Reynolds on Monday ruled against a request by parents and education advocacy groups to shut down state-created programs that pay to send children to private schools. One of the programs provides private school tuition to children with disabilities […]

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