Sunshine State News By: Lloyd Brown December 23, 2014 Defending the indefensible is a job only a lame duck should undertake. Lame duck Wayne Blanton, soon to retire as head of the School Board Association, tried in a recent op-ed…
The Tampa Tribune By: Erin Kourkounis December 14, 2014 TAMPA — In private school, the daughters of Cheryl Joseph are at least one grade level ahead of their peers. They learn in small classes; study karate, chess and gardening during the…
Sun-Sentinel By: Doug Tuthill December 10, 2014 Scholarship program for 69,000 of Florida’s poorest schoolchildren is being attacked, and their parents are angry. They want to know why anyone would want to kick their children out of schools where they are…
Sunshine State News By: Allison Nielsen December 10, 2014 Every year departments of education throughout the country dole out reports on individual schools, ranking them on their graduation rates and their proficiency in math, science, English and college preparedness. Too often,…
The Ledger By: Eileen Castle December 4, 2014 It was hard to believe. In April 2004, as the principal of Lake Alfred Elementary, I was dining with Michael Winerip, a Pulitzer Prize- winning New York Times journalist. Dinner was preparation…
The Ledger December 5, 2014 Jacksonville history buffs are thrilled that a 600-square-foot white clapboard building, built in 1889, is slated to be relocated to a park featuring other historical buildings. This particular relic happens to be a one-room schoolhouse…