It’s the End of the World as We Know it & I Feel Fine

In Florida, land of sunshine, oranges and signs of the apocalypse, a local teachers’ union and public school district have banded together to help make professional development programs available to… private school teachers.


Are you still there? I heard a thud.…


This and other shockers have been brought to you by the Florida tax credit scholarship program. The credits give businesses a dollar for dollar tax cut if they donate money to k‐​12 scholarship granting organizations. The SGOs then help low‐​income families afford private schooling.


If chambers of commerce around the country want to know how to make real progress in education, they might want to have a look at the Sunshine state.