2/18/2005
Class-size editorial roundup (cont.)
+ Gainesville Sun -- Bricks or teachers . Gov. Bush may be on to something, but in proposing to trade class size for average beginning teacher salaries, he is setting the bar far too low. Florida's children deserve better.
+ Palm Beach Post -- Jeb exploiting teachers to kill class-size law. Instead of educational greatness, Gov. Bush's legacy will be scandal-ridden voucher programs, punitive school grades and public schools and universities scrounging to afford the basics. There is every reason to be skeptical of any public education proposal that comes from a governor who already has proven himself to be so hostile to public education.
+ Sun-Sentinel -- Provide Reason To Make Switch. Florida never could afford the constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2002 to limit class sizes in the state's public schools. That reality is now clearer than ever. Gov. Jeb Bush is right to want to revisit the issue through another constitutional amendment. But he isn't giving voters much reason to back away from their earlier mandate.
+ Palm Beach Post -- Jeb exploiting teachers to kill class-size law. Instead of educational greatness, Gov. Bush's legacy will be scandal-ridden voucher programs, punitive school grades and public schools and universities scrounging to afford the basics. There is every reason to be skeptical of any public education proposal that comes from a governor who already has proven himself to be so hostile to public education.
+ Sun-Sentinel -- Provide Reason To Make Switch. Florida never could afford the constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2002 to limit class sizes in the state's public schools. That reality is now clearer than ever. Gov. Jeb Bush is right to want to revisit the issue through another constitutional amendment. But he isn't giving voters much reason to back away from their earlier mandate.
