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Daniel TilsonMay 13, 2014

Maybe if public policy deception were a crime, I wouldn’t have had to write this column. But there’s no law against disingenuous propaganda. So I had to write this. I had to push back against powerful vested interests advancing a dangerous social agenda while claiming it’s a public service. Vested interests like these pay “public […]

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 […]

Guest AuthorMarch 23, 2014

Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, explained away the withdrawal of his Senate version of voucher expansion with “there just wasn’t enough time to develop accountability provisions that everybody could agree on.” Sure. Galvano had no such qualms in voting through SB 1642, a bill that confirms Florida’s continuing accountability apparatus earlier this month. And maybe he […]

Tag: Step Up for Students

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