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Jac VerSteegAugust 2, 2015

First, give Jeb Bush credit for accepting the Urban League’s invitation to speak in Fort Lauderdale on Friday. Call it a politely hostile forum. Too many other Republican candidates lacked the guts to show up. Give Bush credit also for citing examples of his leadership that could appeal to his Urban League audience. For example, […]

Marc YachtJuly 8, 2015

Walkin’ Lawton Chiles may be the last of Florida’s governors who cared about Florida through action. He showed genuine concern for local families. During his tenure, necessary human service programs expanded, the environment had effective regulatory programs, public health flourished with strong programs regulating food service, sanitation, infectious disease, and maternal and child health. I […]

Associated PressJuly 6, 2015

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is suggesting Jeb Bush is out of step with Republican principles in the party’s presidential race. Bush departs from some conservative Republicans with his policies on immigration and education. The former Florida governor has said GOP presidential candidates should be willing to “lose the primary to win the general” election. Jindal […]

Peter SchorschJune 8, 2015

As any reader of this blog already knows, I am an unabashed fan of the work being done by Lauren Book and her organization, Lauren’s Kids. As a policy wonk, I really like what they are doing to educate people on spotting, preventing and reporting child sexual abuse. But as the father of the most […]

Associated PressJune 4, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, aides say, and plans to announce that June 15. Here’s where he stands on some of the issues likely to be debated in the campaign. Immigration Bush supports a system that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to stay, if they […]

Guest AuthorMay 12, 2015

Walking across the gravel, I stopped in front of a slab of stone and gently placed a flower on its surface. After another moment of contemplation, I placed a stone atop it with my left hand, a custom of mourning. The words on the wall behind it were repeated over and over again, in many […]

Shannon NickinsonMay 12, 2015

Cassandra Smith measures progress one after-school function at a time. One family literacy night, one book club meeting, one school program after the next. Smith is in her second year as principal at Lincoln Park Primary School in Pensacola, which serves slightly less than 200 students from preschool through third grade. The school was on […]

Shannon NickinsonMay 11, 2015

Cassandra Smith measures progress one after-school function at a time. One family literacy night, one book club meeting, one school program after the next. Smith is in her second year as principal at Lincoln Park Primary School in Pensacola, which serves just under 200 students from preschool through third grade. The school was on the […]

Guest AuthorMay 10, 2015

It is May, a season of hope and fulfillment of dreams. Graduations bloom new flowers all across our state. A limitless future of choices and chances stand before those who are crossing our stages. I recently had the privilege of offering my thoughts through a commencement address to the students receiving graduate degrees from St. […]

Guest AuthorApril 29, 2015

Kevin Ashton’s book How to Fly a Horse, the Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery is a readable collection of anecdotes illustrating to his thesis that creation does not come in a moment of inspiration but is the result of hard work. Ashton’s claim to fame is that he coined the term “the internet […]

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Image via Rosie Cordero-Stutz campaign.

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: The education “achievement” missing from Jeb Bush’s Urban League speech

Marc Yacht: Florida takes a slow, sad slide under Rick Scott

Bobby Jindal says Jeb Bush willing to hide GOP principles

Peter Schorsch: Be shocked – and educated – by Lauren's Kids poll on sexual abuse

Where they stand: Jeb Bush on key topics of 2016 campaign

Danielle Wirsansky: Is 'Holocaust' a band? Despite education mandate, too many Florida students ignorant

Shannon Nickinson: How opening the door to parents revived one primary school

Shannon Nickinson: How opening the door to parents revived one primary school

Ed Moore: It's commencement season, but 'commencing' what?

Catherine Martinez: To be creative, learn 'How to Fly a Horse'