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Guest AuthorOctober 6, 2014

The Florida Education Association is highly litigious, politically active and flush with resources from membership dues and fees. It often gets its way, but not without collateral damage. In its fight with the Legislature for more school funding, the union is determined to destroy a privately funded scholarship program giving 68,000 of Florida’s poorest students the opportunity to […]

Julie DelegalSeptember 14, 2014

Former and would-be Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has defied this columnist’s prediction. Coming out on a policy that has divided Florida for 16 years was definitely against the odds. The Tanned One has chutzpah. The policy is education reform, and, as governor, Crist stood shoulder-to-shoulder with his predecessor, Jeb Bush, for whom education is now […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 8, 2014

When the Florida courts consider several lawsuits filed recently by the Florida Education Association and other anti-voucher groups, I hope someone will call me as a witness. That’s because I am a public school parent who agrees that some of our education tax dollars aren’t being spent in a way that serves the public interest. […]

Julie DelegalMay 5, 2014

It looks like my columns questioning the efficacy of school privatization in Florida have hit a nerve. Again. Voters might remember that I’ve long opposed voucher schools because, among other reasons, they don’t administer the same high-stakes tests to their students that public schools do. Without equal accountability, parents of mostly low-income children who now […]

Bob SparksApril 28, 2014

Last week, a federal judge issued a ruling serving as a perfect illustration of how the judicial system should work. The case left one side glad and the other side sad, but the reasoning behind the opinion demonstrates why thoughtful jurists deserve our respect. On April 22, District Judge Mark Walker dismissed part of a […]

Julie DelegalOctober 14, 2013

This is part two of a six-part series on Florida’s Future with the Common Core State Standards, presented in partnership with Folio Weekly. A complete version of this series will appear in Folio on Oct. 16. Everyone, it seems, has chimed in on the Common Core State Standards, which the Florida Department of Education adopted […]

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