Miami Herald – Carli Teproff Crline
“Saying the state’s current education system isn’t working, newly minted Gov. Rick Scott came to an Opa-locka charter Thursday to unveil some of his initiatives. “We need to put the students first,” said Scott, accompanied by his newly named education adviser Michelle Rhee.
The duo’s plan:
• Offer parents more choices for their children, with a focus of increasing the number of charter schools;
• Establish a merit pay system, that would reward high-performance teachers and weed out the poor ones;
• Focus on accountability and efficiency, finding ways to build and maintain schools for less money.”(more)