March 8, 2023 As DeSantis reshapes education in Florida, school districts struggle to find new leaders One school district’s struggle to find a new superintendent could be a sign of the times in Florida.
February 20, 2023 DeSantis takes aim at The College Board by looking into ‘classic’ alternative to its SAT Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fired his first shot at The College Board when he rejected an advanced placement African American studies course, saying it pushes a political agenda. Now, it seems he was just getting started.
October 26, 2022 4 convictions, 7 acquittals for man behind crash that killed 4 people in a family The man responsible for the crash that killed four people in Delray Beach, more than four years ago, has now been convicted of four counts of vehicular homicide. Each is a second-degree felony.
October 3, 2022 Witness: Don’t blame Cruz mother’s drinking, massacre ‘planned, premeditated, thought out’ Anti-social personality disorder. Not fetal alcohol syndrome. That’s what a forensic psychiatrist testified was driving Nikolas Cruz when he devised a plan to massacre 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
June 30, 2022 Gov. DeSantis: Judge ruling Florida abortion law unconstitutional was ‘not unanticipated’ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he was disappointed but not surprised that a judge will temporarily block the state’s 15-week abortion ban — with no exceptions for rape or incest — from taking effect.
March 22, 2022 DeSantis says he’ll sign controversial ‘Parental Rights in Education’ bill Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will sign the controversial bill titled “Parental Rights in Education” bill soon.
October 10, 2018 The case against us all paying for private schools Several times a year, before elections, a man in Florida emails me about who to support in elections down there. The goal is to…
June 29, 2018 Certification expiring, definitely done teaching The first thing I have to say is this blog was planned for today. It doesn’t have anything to do with Wednesday’s Supreme Court…
February 8, 2018 School out, Eagles’ championship parade on! I really didn’t know what to make of school districts cancelling classes for a parade and celebration for Super Bowl LII champions, the Philadelphia…
April 26, 2015 Lots of updates in a few short months This is my 22nd blog. I hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as I’ve enjoyed writing them. I didn’t think I could come up…
February 4, 2015 Why teaching isn’t for me anymore (Yesterday, I wrote about why teachers have to give so many tests, why students have to take them, the many recent changes to teaching…
February 3, 2015 Why I’m happy not teaching Other people seemed to love me being a teacher. They thought things like, “Oh how nice,” “The kids are so lucky,” “You’re a miracle…