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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Florida's Testing Freaks

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Florida's Testing Freaks:



Florida's Testing Freaks



Florida's test-crazy Gov. Rick Scott and his ed adviser, Michelle Rhee.

If you want to see the depths to which Florida's Dept. of Ed. testing freaks can sink, see Valerie Strauss' story in today's WaPo about a Florida mom Andrea Rediske’s fight to help families of children with severe disabilities. Warning -- it's not a story for the faint of heart.

MORE...And now their raising the testing bar to cut the number of recipients of the state's Bright Futures scholarships from 1 in 3 to 1 in 8 qualifying students.
"There's only so much money to go around for education. If you're giving a merit-based award, it should be to the top students in the state," said state Rep. George Moraitis, R-Fort Lauderdale.
But according to blogger, Deep Purple Musings,
 Moraitis never misses a chance to propose legislation which lines the pockets of