Outgoing state superintendent Tony Bennett discussed his relationship with Gov. Mitch Daniels and the state’s teachers unions Tuesday during an interview with the Florida State Board of Education.
Capping weeks of speculation, state superintendent Tony Bennett confirmed this morning he will apply to be Florida’s next Commissioner of Education.
We’ve written before about the influence of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on outgoing State Superintendent Tony Bennett. With earlier Florida initiatives driving so many of Indiana’s policy changes, it’s hard not to draw comparisons now that Bennett’s been voted out. But Bush dismissed the notion that Bennett’s failed bid for reelection was a setback for [...]
Forty-six states and the District of Columbia are on track to adopt the Common Core by 2014, but federal support for new academic standards is likely to diminish if Mitt Romney is elected in November. The Republican presidential candidate told NBC’s Brian Williams he doesn’t believe states should receive financial help to implement the changes, writes Alyson [...]
Although many states have modeled their own education initiatives after Jeb Bush’s Florida policy, few have embraced the former governor’s blueprint as fully as Indiana.
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