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Drew WilsonAugust 17, 2017

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Lantana Democratic Rep. Lori Berman sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott Thursday asking him to call a special session to replace Florida’s statue of a Confederate General at the National Statuary Hall in Washington. Each state gets two slots to fill in the statuary hall and Florida’s current picks are Dr. John Gorrie of […]

Guest AuthorApril 28, 2014

Florida legislators demanding more “accountability” as a condition for expanding the state’s premier school-choice program could learn a very valuable lesson from the example set by the late, great Mary McLeod Bethune. When Bethune opened her Daytona School for Negro Girls in 1904, she knew success would depend on satisfying two different constituencies — parents […]

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Lori Berman wants special session to yank Confederate statue from D.C.

William Mattox: Private schools must pass the ‘Mary McLeod Bethune’ test