Education commissioner resigns

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Brandon Haught

I’m testing posting here from my phone, and so I’ll use the big news of the day for this practice run. Florida education commissioner suddenly resigns. My initial reaction is that this is not a good thing. Education in Florida stands a good chance of sliding downhill. The question here is, how far down will it go?

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Communications Director for Florida Citizens for Science.
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2 Responses to Education commissioner resigns

  1. Shauna says:
    March 22, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Maybe he doesn’t want to be a part of putting religion in Florida’s science classes. :/

  2. Allan R. says:
    March 22, 2011 at 9:33 am

    Florida teachers were already among the lowest paid education professional in the country. With the bill headed to Gov. Scott’s desk matters will get worse. Teacher retention will almost certainly suffer. I personally know several very skilled science teachers who took early retirement rather than face the coming changes. These outstanding educators had all planned to be in the system for another 5+ years. Their loss was a great misfortune–including for my daughter who was looking forward to having one of these legendary teachers for her senior year of Chemistry.

    So, perhaps Commissioner Smith decided to get out before all these school reform chickens come home to roost.

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