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Joe HendersonFebruary 20, 2019

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State Sen. Travis Hutson (a St. Johns Republican) is spot on with his bill to eliminate the requirement that Florida high school students must pass algebra II to graduate. He proposes allowing some students to take industry certification courses instead of high-stakes, high-level math and science courses. I have not been a fan of the […]

Joe HendersonJuly 31, 2018

Last week, at venerable Tampa Bay Tech High School in Tampa, a friend of mine counted 27 maintenance trucks from the Hillsborough County School District on site. Worker bees were painting, fixing, trimming, mowing, mopping, sweeping and, dear Lord please, making sure all the electrical systems were working the way they should. Can’t have the […]

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