2/17/2005
Class-size roundup
Time for another editorial round-up! This time on the latest devious plan to repeal the class-size amendment:
+ The Bradenton Herald -- Virtual repeal. Virtual reality makes you feel as if you are actually experiencing an event that is really only images created by a computer programmer. Virtual repeal makes you feel as if you are refining an unwise policy by substituting what is really mathematical sleight of hand. In both cases, you have been fooled.
+ Daytona Beach News-Journal -- Don't pit teachers against class size. It's been disheartening to watch Gov. Jeb Bush spin never-ending schemes to circumvent voters' approval in 2002 of a constitutional amendment calling for sharp reductions in public-school class size.
+ Fla. Times-Union -- Build in flexibility. . . . we believe Bush is on the right track. Quality education is more important than meeting an inflexible, arbitrary class-size number.
+ Miami Herald -- Governor should enforce class-size amendment. There are better ways to improve education. Hewing to the class-size amendment is one of them.
+ Ocala Star-Banner -- With Jeb, it's a matter of either-or. We have to wonder why Bush won't fight to get both smaller class sizes and fairly paid teachers. Why can't Florida have both?
+ Tampa Trib -- Bush Offers Shrewd Revision Of Class-Size Amendment. Bush may be sidestepping the original amendment's intent a bit, but the change would require voter approval. And he should be commended for dealing with a controversy he could have easily avoided.
+ Tallahassee Dem --Teacher pay plan is a start. Gov. Jeb Bush's proposal to modify Florida's class-size amendment and boost the starting salaries of teachers to at least $35,000 has several benefits. Yet it's hard to be wildly enthusiastic about it.
+ The Bradenton Herald -- Virtual repeal. Virtual reality makes you feel as if you are actually experiencing an event that is really only images created by a computer programmer. Virtual repeal makes you feel as if you are refining an unwise policy by substituting what is really mathematical sleight of hand. In both cases, you have been fooled.
+ Daytona Beach News-Journal -- Don't pit teachers against class size. It's been disheartening to watch Gov. Jeb Bush spin never-ending schemes to circumvent voters' approval in 2002 of a constitutional amendment calling for sharp reductions in public-school class size.
+ Fla. Times-Union -- Build in flexibility. . . . we believe Bush is on the right track. Quality education is more important than meeting an inflexible, arbitrary class-size number.
+ Miami Herald -- Governor should enforce class-size amendment. There are better ways to improve education. Hewing to the class-size amendment is one of them.
+ Ocala Star-Banner -- With Jeb, it's a matter of either-or. We have to wonder why Bush won't fight to get both smaller class sizes and fairly paid teachers. Why can't Florida have both?
+ Tampa Trib -- Bush Offers Shrewd Revision Of Class-Size Amendment. Bush may be sidestepping the original amendment's intent a bit, but the change would require voter approval. And he should be commended for dealing with a controversy he could have easily avoided.
+ Tallahassee Dem --Teacher pay plan is a start. Gov. Jeb Bush's proposal to modify Florida's class-size amendment and boost the starting salaries of teachers to at least $35,000 has several benefits. Yet it's hard to be wildly enthusiastic about it.
