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Education

madfloridian

(88,117 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2015, 12:28 PM Mar 2015

Miami Herald column: Florida flunked the test, failed the kids.

From the outspoken Fred Grimm at the Miami Herald.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026379396

He's right. He sums it up in one sentence in his last paragraph. He says "The rush job was ordered because it was politically expedient. It was about politics. Not about education."

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Miami Herald column: Florida flunked the test, failed the kids. (Original Post) madfloridian Mar 2015 OP

Au contraire: Florida's Pubs succeeded in siphoning $$ away from kids, the main objective Nay Mar 2015 #1

Nay

(12,051 posts)

1. Au contraire: Florida's Pubs succeeded in siphoning $$ away from kids, the main objective