Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF) has been sponsoring grants and trying other experimental ideas to examine the concept of cultivating inclusive learning environments. To learn more, please visit their website:https://www.jaxpef.org/what-we-do/empowering-teachers The education committee chair (that’s me until June 2, 2021) of the local chapter of the League of Women Voters has invited two staff members …
Have you analyzed the new suggested standards? Standards Under Review – Spring 2021http://www.fldoe.org/standardsreview/ One issue that you might want to address during the public comment period at the meeting on June 10th (or by email if you can’t make the meeting) is what education commissioner Corcoran means by traditional–as compared to factual–view of American history. …
These two Brennan Center articles offer great information about the bill. The House has passed the bill. It’s up to the U.S. Senate now. Americans need to trust the election process. See links below that will assist you in writing your senators. This part would require all jurisdictions to use paper ballots that voters can …
From News Service Florida DOCTORS SEEK VETO OF ‘BILL OF RIGHTS’May 18, 2021 by NSF StaffSome of the state’s largest physician associations are asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto a bill (HB 241) that would put into law a “parents’ bill of rights.” The bill would enumerate rights of parents related to health care and …
A spokeswoman for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) said now that Florida Education Commissioner Corcoran’s statement about Donofrio is out in the open, they need answers. The SPLC statement continued, “According to Corcoran, a classroom that teaches Black Lives Matter or what Corcoran has labeled ‘crazy liberal stuff’ justifies censorship and the firing of …
I don’t post many federal issues since I think most of you are signed up for national alerts. Please check out the resources tab if you’re not getting the national alerts. If you have a few minutes, please consider the below calls to action. In the years since the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was enacted …
This was copied from the May 2021 edition of the Freethinker Religious Miseducation at Public Expenseby Merrill Shapiro, Trustee and Immediate Past President, National Board of Trustees, Americans United for Separation of Church and State Our First Coast Freethought Society is an Internal Revenue Service Code Section 501 (c) 3 organization, so this column will not …
Excerpt from ACLU website:SB 90 will:*Force voters to submit vote-by-mail requests more often than is currently required, a completely unnecessary administrative hurdle.*Make it a crime for voters to ask a trusted friend or caregiver to pick up or drop off a vote-by-mail ballot, limiting voting access for elderly, working, and mobility-impaired Floridians who cannot retrieve …