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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 Monday, January 17, 2005

More of the Same Stupidity

    Who comes up with this stuff?
    Florida's public schools, already graded on students' test performances, could lose money if those youngsters don't improve.
    I get it, schools that do poorly and in turn lose on funding stand to lose even more money if they don't improve. That sounds like the brilliant idea of an Florida Council of 100 "entreprenur" (safely ensconsed in a goldem parachute guaranteed to open without regard to the company bottom line). Indeed, even
    some state officials said they feared the potential loss of 10 percent of state funding was Draconian. Such a loss could leave struggling districts unable to provide important academic programs or even necessities such as bus transportation.
    "Low test scores could cost schools". Not to fear, though, the law has been tweaked
    to take some of the sting out of the law. It reduces the amount of money that actually would be "at risk," so officials "don't endanger basic services to students," according to the department's memo on the plan.
    Nice to know that our betters in Tallahassee saw fit to ensure that "basic services" will not be jeopardized.

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