The National Conference of State Legislatures recently issued the following report: As cuts to education budgets continue, many states and school districts are exploring the idea of school and district consolidation as...
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Rick Scott signs teacher merit pay bill; critic calls it ‘wrecking ball’ Governor Rick Scott says the teacher merit pay bill he signed into...
To view a complete story,click on a headline below: Eric Smith stepping down as Florida education commissioner Florida’s education commissioner Eric Smith is leaving that post in June, saying he wants to give new...
Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith advised today, March 21, 2011, that he will resign from the State Department of Education on June 10, 2011. His complete statement is printed below and can be also be accessed...
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Lawmakers seek to limit cuts in funding for education Even as state lawmakers work to lessen the cuts proposed by Governor Rick Scott in the education budget, they...
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA: Tax Swap Bills Re-Emerge Put on the backburner a couple years ago, the idea of swapping a sales tax increase for...
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida “TABOR” Proposal SJR 958 Would Endanger Education, Public Safety and Infrastructure Proposal Has Same Flaws as Previous Florida...
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy Issues Budget Gap Presentation Once again Florida faces a gap – this one estimated at...
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Time Magazine: Rick Scott’s Tea-Friendly Budget Cuts — Too Deep? Shortly before Governor Rick Scott was sworn in in January, a report...
The following article was published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on February 13, 2011: School funding 101: How we pay for education By Thomas TryonPublished in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on Sunday, February...