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We’ve walked through the streets of downtown Miami and now we’re marching straight to the Capitol Building in Tallahassee. The evidence is clear. The people of Florida must stand up and speak out with a strong voice. Lets join together to hold our state leaders accountable for education in Florida.
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Miami Dade College campus leaders speak out about budget cuts and funding issues that impact students across the state of Florida.
What are some of the impacts you see on your campus?
The time to demand more is now!
Article IX of the Florida State Constitution reads:
The education of children is a fundamental value of the people of the State of Florida. It is, therefore, a paramount duty of the state to make adequate provision for the education of all children residing within its borders. Adequate provision shall be made by law for a [...]
“There’s a lot of what my father used to call heifer dust that’s spread around,” Bud said in reference to the questionable ranking.
(In case you wondered, heifer dust is a family-friendly term for something you find in cow pastures.)
Among our issues, Education Week doesn’t account for last year’s budget cuts and a decade-long trend of [...]
Bud Chiles appears on Political Connections on Bay News 9 with host Al Ruechel and St. Petersburg Times columnist Adam Smith. Bud Chiles and the Worst To First team are bringing “One Million Steps for Florida’s Kids” to Central Florida in December and January, crossing from Volusia to Pasco County.
If you’d like to catch up [...]
Florida ranks 49th. About 19 percent, or 763,000 of our children, do not have health insurance, versus a national average of 11 percent. Source: The Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center
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Florida ranks 48th in the nation in juvenile incarceration rates, with a custody rate of 451.8 per 100,000 children ages 10 and up. Source: Every Child Matters Education Fund, “Geography Matters: Child Well Being in the States,” 2008
Gator fans really showed what it means to LIVE UNITED by donating over 1,000 books to our Gator Gymnastics book drive event. 532 of these books will be used for United Way Success By 6 programs.
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Florida ranks 50th in per capita spending on education, but ranks 16th in the nation in spending on corrections. Source: NEA Rankings of the States 2008
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