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The Blog for Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Education Deform

    The Florida GOP doesn't want to compare apples to apples when it comes to "Jeb!"'s education "reforms":
    Lawmakers gave a mixed reception on Tuesday to a bipartisan study by the private Constitutional Accountability Commission urging Florida to measure its school system against those of other states, not just its own past performance.

    Former Florida Comptroller Bob Milligan, a Republican, and former Attorney General Bob Butterworth, a Democrat, co-chair the commission. They received mostly praise from the House Democratic Caucus and said they had a positive meeting with Senate President Tom Lee, R-Brandon.

    "When you are comparing yourself to yourself, it doesn't tell you how you are doing," Milligan said. "We are competing on a national and international basis and that's what you need to compare yourself to."
    Here's why the Florida GOP wants to keep Floridians in the dark:
    The study, however, shows Florida trailing most other states in 12 of 14 performance and funding categories, and that drew sharp criticism from House Majority Leader Andy Gardiner. The Orlando Republican interpreted the findings as an attack on education policies of the GOP-controlled Legislature and Gov. Jeb Bush.
    "School accountability study gets mixed reaction at Capitol".

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