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FLORIDA POLITICS
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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Sunday, January 09, 2005

"Florida is Really the Oddest State,"

    The Pre-K scheme, at bottom it's just another excuse for more crappy privatization:
    Florida entered the pre-kindergarten business 18 years ago, deciding preschool for disadvantaged youngsters was a good way to shore up a lagging public education system.

    That initial pre-K program, run mostly by public schools, earned praise from early-childhood experts.

    But now, as the state gears up to expand pre-K to all 4-year-olds, most public schools will be excluded.

    The pre-K plan lawmakers approved last month in Tallahassee -- awaiting Gov. Jeb Bush's promised signature -- will largely be run by private providers, including schools, day-care centers and family day-care homes.

    The new pre-K classes will provide three hours of instruction a day with child-care workers instead of six with college-educated teachers.

    "Florida is really the oddest state," said Walter Gilliam, a professor at Yale University's Child Study Center who has studied preschool programs across the country. Most states with well-regarded pre-K programs view public schools as key players, he said, but Florida seems to have the opposite view.
    "Pre-K to shift out of public schools".

8:03 AM

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