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The case against Jeb Bush, the force behind SB 6

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While the future of the state’s education system hangs in the balance, let’s take a closer look at the real force behind the Florida Senate’s drive to pass SB 6, Jeb Bush (“I talked to Jeb this morning,” Thrasher said Thursday, still celebrating passage of the tenure bill, albeit on a close 21-17 vote. “He was very pleased with what we did. Very pleased.”) The chattering class – typified in this case by one Scott Maxwell – continue to propagate…

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PCTA’s Marshall Ogletree: SB 6 and HB 7189 are bitter pills!

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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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PCTA’s Marshall Ogletree: SB 6 and HB 7189 are bitter pills!

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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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Florida Teachers agree: ‘No’ is answer

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From Mark Woods: This bill is about having “the best and brightest teachers” in our classrooms. That’s what Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, keeps saying about the sweeping education reform which is scheduled for a floor vote Wednesday. Senate Bill 6 would tie half of a teacher’s pay to how his or her students perform on one end-of-year test. It would mean that during a five-year span, a teacher’s students would need to show gains on these yet-to-be-determined tests in…

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Florida Teachers agree: ‘No’ is answer

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From Mark Woods: This bill is about having “the best and brightest teachers” in our classrooms. That’s what Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, keeps saying about the sweeping education reform which is scheduled for a floor vote Wednesday. Senate Bill 6 would tie half of a teacher’s pay to how his or her students perform on one end-of-year test. It would mean that during a five-year span, a teacher’s students would need to show gains on these yet-to-be-determined tests in…

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Jim Greer: Endorsement of Charlie Crist led to ‘character assassination’

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Reading over the six-page lawsuit filed by Jim Greer yesterday, it says that RPOF leaders, including Thrasher, reneged on a deal that would have paid Greer a severance package of $11,250-a-month for 11 months, plus health insurance (Republicans sure are insistent about getting their own health care taken care of!), to resign his post earlier this year. He also wants damages from the party and from Thrasher (who doesn’t?) More important, the lawsuit also includes Greer’s explanation for why party leaders…

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Jim Greer: Endorsement of Charlie Crist led to ‘character assassination’

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Reading over the six-page lawsuit filed by Jim Greer yesterday, it says that RPOF leaders, including John Thrasher, reneged on a deal that would have paid Greer a severance package of $11,250-a-month for 11 months, plus health insurance (Republicans sure are insistent about getting their own health care taken care of!), to resign his post earlier this year. He also wants damages from the party and from Thrasher (who doesn’t?) More important, the lawsuit also includes Greer’s explanation for why party…

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