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Rick Scott’s Not Fooling Florida Educators | Scathing Purple Musings

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Rick Scott’s Not Fooling Florida Educators

Tampa Bay Times columnist Steve Bousquet was in the audience when Governor Rick Scott addressed a group of school administrators and he recognized the air skepticism:
“Education changed my life,” Gov. Rick Scott said Monday.
His young life, yes. His political life? Not yet.
Two years in junior college led Scott to the Navy, then a four-year degree on the GI Bill and a law degree led to success in business.
“Education was the ticket,” Scott told 200 members of the Florida Association of School