Florida voucher article

I have not read that article but can speak from too many years of experience. Florida education stinks in general, but it is steadily improving under the A+ plan. Florida teachers can score in the bottom 20% in reading proficiency and land a job teaching our kids. Florida special education reeks like a five day old fish. They run resource rooms suitable for idiots or use the term “inclusion” to do absolutely nothing for the child. Schools and districts have become notorious for classifying children LD and not providing any services. The scholarship program exists because it is cheaper for the state to educate special children outside of the public schools and not have to listen to all the screaming mad parents and include the plummeting FCAT scores. It saves the state $1,000-$2,000 per year for every kid who exits out on a scholarship. If you have an LD child in a Florida public school you have a very strong probability that she will end up an illiterate graduate or a drop-out. The private Florida LD schools are nothing to jump up and down about either. Any Florida parent of an LD child who spends a day reading posts on this web-site will learn very quickly how very little training the Special education teacher truly has to help their child. The best thing a Florida parent of an LD child could do to help their child with their education would be to move north.

WOW:-) Thanks Sue! Hmm,I might should email one NY times reporter…