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Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 20, 2018

House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz, now challenging GOP state Sen. Dana Young for her Senate District 18 seat, is attacking her opponent’s record on education policy and funding. “Dammit Dana, stop,” Cruz lamented at a press conference in front of Plant High School in south Tampa on Tuesday. Cruz was referring to Young’s track record voting in […]

Scott PowersAugust 2, 2018

Anyone hoping Florida’s five Democratic candidates for Governor would break new ground in the final debate Thursday night may have left disappointed. On stage, each candidate mainly stuck to the standards, with only a couple of questions eliciting any form of surprise. Andrew Gillum, Jeff Greene, Chris King, Philip Levine, and Gwen Graham all pulled more […]

Scott PowersJune 8, 2018

The Florida Education Association is backing Democrat Gwen Graham, a former schools’ counsel in Leon County, for governor. “Supporting Gwen Graham is an easy choice for anyone concerned about Florida’s schools. She is the public education dream candidate,” FEA president Joanne McCall stated in a letter to members Thursday night. “She supports increasing salaries for […]

Drew WilsonMay 4, 2018

Public education will only improve when people buy in, Step Up for Students President Doug Tuthill said Thursday at the Florida Chamber of Commerce Summit on Prosperity & Economic Opportunity. “I’m going to start with the good news: public education today is in the best shape that it’s ever been in,” Tuthill said, citing the […]

Danny McAuliffeApril 19, 2018

This… is… Politics! Anticipated gubernatorial candidate and Republican state House Speaker Richard Corcoran works quickly. The Speaker released a digital video Thursday afternoon creatively slamming the most cringe-worthy blooper of Wednesday’s Democratic gubernatorial debate, which saw each candidate fumble — some more than others — over how much the state spends annually on K-12 education: $21.1 billion […]

Scott PowersApril 18, 2018

In a Democratic gubernatorial debate Wednesday that illuminated only a handful of policy differences while all four candidates sought to define their brand themes, former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham found herself often playing defense, repeatedly disputing remarks from Winter Park businessman Chris King and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum. At one point Graham, the presumed co-front […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 23, 2017

House Appropriations Chairman Carlos Trujillo is looking to take a breather on education-related new construction and rehabs. The Public Education Capital Outlay Trust Fund, or PECO, is used for maintaining, restoring and repairing existing state education facilities. It includes Florida colleges, universities and K-12 schools. Funded by gross receipts taxes, or charges on utilities and […]

Scott PowersAugust 10, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham pledged Thursday to a number of educators and parents concerned about public education that she would make public education her top priority. While meeting with a roundtable of teachers, former teachers, public education advocates, and parents in an Orlando restaurant Thursday, Graham blasted Republican efforts to promote charter schools, which […]

Guest AuthorJuly 27, 2017

As national controversies continue to swirl, most Floridians I meet are focused on the issues that matter most to their family’s well-being: health care, the economy and public education. They’re concerned about whether they will still have access to health care as they struggle to make ends meet. They keep asking me: Why isn’t health […]

Mitch PerryOctober 30, 2016

The 2016 presidential race has been devoid of substantive public policy on a lot of issues, none more so than regarding public education. That’s not the fault of Hillary Clinton, insists one of her top surrogates, Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers. “I think Hillary has tried to raise the issue of education […]

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‘Dammit Dana’: Janet Cruz blasts opponent Dana Young’s education record

Democrats ease into standard responses in final governor’s race debate

State teachers’ union endorses Gwen Graham

Doug Tuthill: Education improves with a sense of ownership

Richard Corcoran hosts ‘Democrat Jeopardy!’

Democratic debate puts Gwen Graham on defense

Carlos Trujillo: ‘Let’s take a year off’ new PECO projects

Gwen Graham pledges public education as her priority, blasts Richard Corcoran

Andrew Gillum: Florida must take reins on health care, opioid crises

Teachers union head says Donald Trump would decimate public education