The people behind the 2000 referendum on amending the Florida constitution to place limits on the number of students in public school thought they had a clever way to force the Legislature to spend more money on public education. We've always thought changing the constitution is a bad way to make public policy, but eight years ago voters approved the class size limits. ...more

October 15, 2008

I'd expect our leading educators would be smarter than a fifth-grader. ...more

June 18, 2008

I'd expect our leading educators would be smarter than a fifth-grader. ...more

June 11, 2008

I don't want this to sound like a personal attack because I didn't know Robert Nolte personally, but I just now deleted his e-mail address from my address book and it made me feel ... well ... hopeful. I wish him a wonderful retirement. ...more

January 2, 2008