Mc Nelly Torres: Un análisis de la FCIR de estadísticas sobre pobreza, desamparo y almuerzo subsidiado muestra un aumento significativo en la Florida desde la Gran Recesión.

Howard Goodman: A study finds Florida one of the worst states in the nation for income and financial security.

Howard Goodman: The FSU Student Senate has introduced a resolution denouncing the university’s acceptance of big donations from a foundation run by the billionaire Koch brothers to fund positions in the economics department — and to have a say in who gets the appointments.

Ralph De La Cruz: The Miami Herald shines light on a $400 million charter school industry that has grown out of control with little or no oversight.

Ralph De La Cruz: An appeals court ruling will allow a lawsuit that questions whether Florida is providing “a high quality system of free public schools” to proceed.

Mc Nelly Torres: The Sunshine State leads the nation in instituting merit pay for public school teachers.

Mc Nelly Torres: The incident illustrates how confused local school districts in Florida have been about federal regulations governing education funds and the reporting requirements that came with the 2009 stimulus bill.

Review Title I schools in your community.

Millions of federal dollars flowed into Florida’s local school districts.

The school districts in Hillsborough and Duval counties received a waiver that allowed them to use federal funding for the 2009-2010 academic year to offer financial incentives to teachers at low-performing schools.