Jesse SchecknerJune 2, 2022
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Teacher shortages in Florida grew by more than 67% between August 2020 and August 2021.
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Jesse SchecknerJune 2, 2022Jesse SchecknerApril 19, 2022
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Most of her March gains came through grassroots donations.
Jesse SchecknerMarch 16, 20227min0
'Representation matters greatly.'
Guest AuthorMay 4, 2017
6min631
Today, there are approximately 200 teacher openings in Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) for the 2016—2017 school year, which ends next month. That means students in 200 classrooms are being managed by a substitute. The teacher shortage is not surprising, but the Duval County School Board’s consideration to cut Teach for America (TFA) is. If […]
Julie DelegalAugust 2, 20156min205
The Florida Legislature just passed a law that will award bonuses to police officers who were patrol boys or patrol girls in fifth grade. Not really. But what they did was equally absurd. And it could be illegal, too. In last-minute budget horse-trading during the Legislature’s first Special Session this summer, Rep. Erik Fresen’s bill […]
Julie DelegalJune 22, 2014
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Jacksonville is ground zero for the public education budget disaster that is the result of 15 years of misguided “reform” in Florida. Three months ago, Duval Superintendent of Schools Nikolai Vitti introduced an innovative, if short-lived, proposal to allow open enrollment district-wide to keep more students in the public system. His reason? The public school […]