Education Policy Committee

Update: Ogletree’s remarks will now run as an op-ed in the St. Petersburg Times. Here are the prepared remarks of PCTA’s Marshall Ogletree for today’s meeting of the Florida House’s Education Policy Committee. Senate Bill 6 and House Bill 7189 have been described as “good for teachers” by Senate sponsor John Thrasher. But are they?  Let’s look at teachers. This “good” bill has not found too many teachers who support it. A Florida Times Union reporter did not find a…

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Update: Ogletree’s remarks will now run as an op-ed in the St. Petersburg Times. Here are the prepared remarks of PCTA’s Marshall Ogletree for today’s meeting of the Florida House’s Education Policy Committee. Senate Bill 6 and House Bill 7189 have been described as “good for teachers” by Senate sponsor John Thrasher. But are they? Let’s look at teachers. This “good” bill has not found too many teachers who support it. A Florida Times Union reporter did not find a…

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