School Choice, Vouchers, Charter Schools and Follow The Money

Governor Rick Scott appears to like all private options -- vouchers, charter schools, virtual schools and the results can be good or very bad.

Read about this one -- there are more examples that will make you cry.

One wonders if we put the same amount of time, money and effort into imprhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifoving public schools, wouldn't we help the whole country.

I believe charters and/or vouchers are necessary to wake up the public school world -- Houston, we have a problem.

Public schools are failing our students, and not until parents, committed citizens and our leaders reject the status quo will we be able to refocus on one of the top priorities of State Government -- transforming public schools into the schools we need them to be

There are some who argue we need to abandon public schools and others who argue all is fine -- I would reject both as fundamentally flawed strategies. The Gates Foundations investment in places like Sarasota, Zuckerberg's investments in Newark Schools, are the beginning of what could be a real change in public schools.

When considering the two choices of privatization and the status quo, I hope prevailing wisdom shifts towards reinventing public schools