“Thanks to Florida Trend for highlighting the disastrous failure of Congress to give back some of the taxes we pay to the Federal government to keep Florida’s vital services and essential public employees on the job, teaching our kids, keeping the peace, fighting our fires, taking care of the sick and all our necessary public services!
We hope Majority ”Leader“ Mitch McConnell has gotten the message opposing his shocking suggestions that instead of being reimbursed for their crises expenditures, states should go bankrupt! This is the UNITED states of America!
~Hazel Henderson, Editor“
Florida’s public schools, and the nation’s, face an “educational catastrophe” if federal aid isn’t pumped into their budgets to offset steep financial losses expected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Florida universities seek to drop ACT/SAT requirement for 2021 admissions
Florida’s public universities want ACT and SAT scores to be optional for students applying for 2021 admission, if the two national exams do not resume a regular testing schedule in August.
Teens fret over Bright Futures rules as college deadlines loom
The coronavirus has made it more difficult to qualify for the scholarship. But ‘very good news’ is coming soon, education commissioner Richard Corcoran says.
Florida Department of Education launches impact survey on coronavirus response
The Florida Department of Education has launched an education impact survey for Florida Educators and parents. It’s for them to share their thoughts on the response to the coronavirus crisis from the department, their local school district, and their school.
This Florida student was accepted at all 8 Ivy League schools
Craig McFarland, the valedictorian of his high school in Jacksonville, Fla., received acceptance letters from 17 colleges and universities in all.