Today on Context Florida, Julie Delegal asks why all the talk about Common Core State Standards and lays the ground work in this first of her six part series on the issue. ย
Also related to Florida education, Gary Stein writes on whether gun violence in schools is a solvable problem, and provides some context on the greater risks of firearm suicides among youths.
Then, Daniel Tilson takes another shot at the Republican establishment, suggesting that what “remains of what was once a proud and patriotic Republican party” disown its Tea Party “bastard child.”
Finally, Linda Grist Cunningham warns that Key West is in for a “long, slow economic decline” following a public referendum vote that rejected a feasibility study on widening a segment of channel in order to permit newer, longer cruise ships to enter. ย
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