podcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews former Florida Gov. Jeb...
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaking with Florida House members during a rare visit to the Capitol in 2017. On this episode, Tuthill and Bush look back at the 20-year history of the Florida Tax Credit...
View ArticleHouse approves budget that cuts $200M from 12 school districts, testing,...
House approves budget: Florida House members approved a $105.3 billion state budget on Wednesday that provides $24 billion for education but cuts $200 million to 12 school districts that defied Gov....
View Article$112.1B budget overwhelmingly approved, race rules penalties extended to...
Budget passes, session ends: Legislators overwhelmingly approved the $112.1 billion budget on Monday that includes $24.3 billion for K-12 education, bringing a close to a legislative session that was...
View ArticleVolusia superintendent fired, tax issues go to voters, school bids rejected,...
Around the state: Volusia school board members vote Tuesday to fire Superintendent Scott Fritz immediately, Hillsborough Superintendent Addison Davis is asking the school board to place a property tax...
View ArticleParkland trial testimony delay, suit over college fees rejected, book...
Around the state: Testimony in the sentencing trial for the Parkland school shooter will likely move into June instead of beginning at the end of May, a three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of...
View ArticleJeb Bush: ‘Reform is never finished, success is never final’
Editor’s note: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush advocates for an “unbundled” education of the future after two years of disrupted schooling in this opinion piece circulated by ExcelinEd, the organization...
View ArticleJeb Bush: How we can reimagine the teaching profession for the 21st century...
Editor’s note: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush advocates for teacher education reform to better improve the talent pipeline and encourage new educators in this opinion piece circulated by ExcelinEd, the...
View ArticleFlorida reformers got it right
Editor’s note: This commentary from William Mattox, a resident fellow at the James Madison Institute and a reimaginED guest blogger, originally appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of Education Next. My...
View ArticleStudents testify in Cruz trial, measuring test time, district smoking policy...
Around the state: Students and teachers give gripping testimony Tuesday in the sentencing trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, a new law changing the way Florida tests students also requires...
View ArticleThe science of reading
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Dale Chu provided an excellent summary of the reading controversies in the pages of the National Review in an article titled “Casualties of the Reading Wars.” Chu...
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