August 13, 2009 11:50AM # It’s the End of the World as We Know it & I Feel Fine By [Andrew J. Coulson](https://www.cato.org/people/andrew-coulson) --- SHARE 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](http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/hillsborough-schools-and-teachers-union-join-hands-with-florida-voucher/1027255). 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. ##### Related Tags [Education](https://www.cato.org/education), [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).