Anne GeggisOctober 6, 2021
5min882
'Close to $2 billion has not been rolled out and is desperately needed.'
Tag: early childhood education
Anne GeggisOctober 6, 2021
Ryan NicolDecember 4, 2019
5min262
Gov. Ron DeSantis, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and others made appearances this week.
Drew WilsonOctober 29, 2019
3min861
“The business community needs to be at the center of this issue.”
Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 26, 2019
4min381
O'Hara was the longtime head of R'Club in Pinellas County.
Scott PowersJuly 10, 2019
3min1008
Bruce Antone term limited; Cynthia Harris also has entered
Scott PowersJune 17, 2018
14min620
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jeff Greene is getting ready to reintroduce himself to Floridians with his first round of TV commercials starting next week. And while he’s remaining coy on the content, the Palm Beach billionaire real estate investor is making it clear that public education reform is at the top of his list of issues. Greene, who […]
Drew WilsonMay 3, 2018
4min432
Education, particularly early education, is a key avenue in the fight against intergenerational poverty, says Children’s Movement of Florida founder Dave Lawrence. Lawrence gave the elevator speech version of his organization’s mission during the Florida Chamber of Commerce Summit on Prosperity & Economic Opportunity. “We are, believe it or not, the most unequal of all […]
Scott PowersApril 16, 2018
4min421
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum on Monday pledged he would spend an additional $1 billion on public education with a plan that would increase Florida’s corporate tax to pay for it. “When I’m governor, we’ll invest $1 billion in our public schools, students, and teachers and put the president’s disastrous tax giveaway to work. Under […]
Mitch PerryAugust 24, 2016
8min326
It’s always challenging for any Democrat to get a bill they sponsored passed in the Florida Legislature. And with Republicans continuing to dominate the House and Senate, it’s sometimes difficult to hear them boast about what they’ll accomplish in Tallahassee on the campaign trail, when the reality is much starker. At Tuesday night’s Senate District […]
Shannon NickinsonApril 19, 20166min223
We began compiling the responses to Quint and Rishy Studer’s “Be the Bulb” challenge, which will see the couple give away $50,000 in total for ideas that aim to improve early learning. I’ve been through them all. With several days left in the challenge, I don’t want to reveal too much about the hundreds of […]