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Will Florida’s Public Schools Get the Same “Freedoms” as Charter Schools? | Scathing Purple Musings

Will Florida’s Public Schools Get the Same “Freedoms” as Charter Schools? | Scathing Purple Musings:

Will Florida’s Public Schools Get the Same “Freedoms” as Charter Schools?

Its appears as if some different types of school reform proposals will back taken up in the next legislative session. Will the legislature be granting some of the same “freedoms” that charter schools enjoy to public schools? Writes Allison Ross of the Palm Beach Post.

Practically since the first charters were authorized in Florida in 1996, school districts have grumbled about the flexibility charter schools have compared with traditional public schools.

Now, some school districts in the state have decided to try to get in on some of the action.

Palm Beach County and other school districts throughout the state are looking to tap into some of