Parents Matter

06/17/2020

Florida's Children can't read. A deep dive into dismal statistics after 20 years of broken policies, practices and pumping money into a broken system.

02/06/2017

Take Action Now.
... KEEP CALLING (202) 224-3121 ....
ABC News covering senators right now discussing why Betsy DeVos is unqualified, inexperienced, and demonstrably inept. Senators plan to go through the night -some 20+ hours now- on this.
UPDATE: Sen Patty Murray wants you all to keep calling even through the night. History in the making! (202) 224-3121..

02/02/2017

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IMPORTANT:
Devos Final Vote on the Senate Floor is scheduled for Friday a.m., continue phoning your GOP senators in all states. (I'll provide the names of a few to specifically target shortly)

NEW, SCRUBBED LIST OF SENATORS TO CALL.

WE can win this. We really, really have a shot.

ALASKA
DAN SULLIVAN
(202) 224-3004

ARIZONA
JEFF FLAKE
(202) 224-4521

JOHN MCCAIN
(202) 224-2235

COLORADO
CORY GARTNER
(202) 224-5941

NEVADA
DEAN HELLER
(202) 224-6244

OHIO
ROB PORTMAN
(202) 224-3353

PENNSYLVANIA
PATRICK TOOMEY
(202) 224-4254.

01/24/2017

ACTION ITEM:
The Betsy DeVos confirmation vote was delayed because the Ethics review revealed that she has 102 conflicts of interest! This person has financial stake in for profit education, which should prohibit her from taking this position.
The hearing will now be held at 10 a.m. on January 31st. We need three GOP Senators to vote NO for DeVos and she won't be confirmed. Please CALL these folks, especially if you're one of their constituents:
Susan Collins (ME) 207.622.8414 & 202.224.2523
Lamar Alexander (TN) 615.736.5129 & 202.224.4944
Lisa Murkowski (AK) 907.586.7277 & 202.224.6665
Johnny Isakson (GA) 770.661.0999 & 202.224.3643
Orrin Hatch (UT) 801.524.4380 & 202.224.5251
Richard Burr (NC) (800) 685-8916 & 202.224.3154
Michael Enzi (WY) 202.224.3424
Dr. Bill Cassidy (LA) 202.224.5824
Pat Roberts (KS) 202.224.4774
Tim Scott (SC) 202.224.6121
Rand Paul (KY) 202.224.4343

01/22/2017

Please consider signing and sharing this petition to protect public schools, FAPE, IDEA & accountability! This matters!

We would like to stop the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. She is not qualified for the position. She has no education experience to direct the department she would head. She wants to undo federal regulations that protect children. Privatization is not the answer for educati...

01/17/2017

"School choice" is a nice way of saying follow our rules, or leave.
Be very careful of the choices you make.

The principal of Eagle Arts Academy threatened last week to expel a student after his father posted a negative comment about the struggling charter school on Facebook. Skylar Goodwin, whose son is an eighth-grader at the Wellington school, said he had argued with administrators on Wednesday after th...

01/13/2017

School board members should remember to always keep student's needs and outcomes as their main focus.

01/12/2017

Florida Parents - would you be interested in saving $42,000.00 and having your child earn an AA degree simultaneously with their High School Diploma? Many other benefits!

04/11/2016

Irony is suing the state to comply with the law. Districts model behavior shown at state level. System = Broken.

For the past few weeks, in a small courtroom up in Tallahassee, Florida has been on trial.

02/21/2016

This bill is fixing the wrong problem, legislators need to clearly define "school choice" and "magnet" so districts cannot limit choices for children.

Well, this is a hopeful sign. A Republican the state senate in Florida has proposed to change the charter law so that it focuses on the neediest children, the ones for whom charters were first crea...

02/21/2016

Sarasota County School Board spends millions of dollars to make "data driven decisions", it would seem they would consider using the data to drive decisions, even when it forces them to change and be transparent.

Under the guise of school choice, the Florida House is pushing ahead with three bad bills that would benefit charter schools and yet again damage traditional public schools. The priorities are upside-down, and the Senate should stick up for local control and a fairer distribution of tax money to pub…

10/13/2015

We need to stand together to stop the elimination of special education.

I see Washington Post Columnist Jay Matthews as someone who usually cheerleads for privatization of public schools. I take issue with his Sunday Washington Post article “How can a special education...

11/23/2013

Understanding the impacts of the Common Core:

This speech took place on Monday, November 18th, 2013.

04/11/2013

VOTE NO ON PARENT TRIGGER because:

1) It has proven to inflict divisiveness and conflict upon communities as evidenced in CA.

2) Over 1 Million FL Citizens oppose this - including, FL PTA, League of Latin American Citizens; NAACP; League of Women Voters, National Womens Political Caucus & many more.

3) It strips local control away from elected School Boards.

4) It's an unnecessary bill because FL has more choice than any other in the nation with McKay Scholarships, FL Virtual Schools, Homeschooling, Vouchers, over 600 existing charters, Cyber charters, etc.

Florida parents are united in opposition to a "parent trigger" bill that would advance the interests of charter corporations. Florida already has hundreds of charter schools, many of them run by fo...

03/08/2013

Transition Conference on April 27th. No matter your child's age, now is when you should start planning for next stage in life. Come hear national and local experts share ideas and information for transition planning.

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 No matter if your child is 7 or 17, it is never too late to start thinking and planning for their future and the journey you will take to get there. Along your journey you and your c...