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Dear Xxxxxxxxx,
As the leader of the Senate Democrats last year, I considered the defeat of the Parent Trigger Bill one of the most important bi-partisan efforts in my legislative career.
Forging a coalition of 8 moderate Republicans to join our 12-member Democratic Caucus to kill a bad bill on the last day of the 2012 Legislative Session was an accomplishment few thought possible – but we did it.
And now it’s déjà vu all over again!
Today, a unified Democratic Caucus of 14 Senators was joined by 6 equally-concerned Republicans to defeat the latest version of the bill we stopped last year. It’s truly heartening to see that a legacy of bi-partisan leadership lives on in the Florida Senate.
The so-called “Parent Empowerment Act” (also known as the “Parent Trigger Bill”) had little to do with empowering parents and everything to do with letting for-profit management companies take over public schools.
In fact, all Florida parent groups, as well as the NAACP and LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) representing more than 1 million Floridians, raised their voices in unison against this terrible legislation.
Fortunately, their voices were heard – again!
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We all want the best for our children, and are constantly searching for new ways to improve their education, but this legislation was not one of them. Relinquishing control of our public education system to for-profit management companies essentially would have put a price tag on every one of our public school students.
But today, the Florida Senate again sent a clear message — our students, our teachers, and our schools are not for sale!
Nan Rich
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love her or hate her….Michelle Malkin is tweeting right now against the Common Core….Social Media at it’s best!
Unfortunately we will never actually have a discussion about what the Common Core Standards entail because of the high stakes testing attached to them. And, it is not enough that Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck and the FOX SPEWS crew is against the Common Core. It matters why they are against the Common Core. They have not jumped off the “teacher accountability” and “teachers are a bunch of union thugs” bandwagon. As usual they misinform, misdirect and confuse the people that listen to them on a daily basis. When these people throw their full throated support behind teachers, their right to have autonomy (a voice) through union representation and public schools, then I will listen to what they have to say.
No bias against middle of the road journalism, like Fox, eh Betsy? Closed minds don’t want to know. When they get on your side, you’ll listen. Like the Palestinians refusing to negotiate with the Israelis unless the Israelis first agree to commit suicide. Oh the fairmindedness of it all.