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FR EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Jeb Bush answers the question -- "Do FL voucher students take state tests?"
Email from Gov Bush to summer
| July 8, 2002
| Jeb Bush; summer
Posted on 07/08/2002 12:05:13 PM PDT by summer
Thanks, Gov. Bush.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeb Bush
To: [summer]
Date: Monday, July 08, 2002 2:45 PM
Subject: RE: quick question
Opportunity scholarship students must take the FCAT grades 3-10. The information on the test goes only to the parent and is not published. Private schools are not graded. The majority of students in private school are using the McKay scholarship. They don't have to take the test. The corporate tax credit students don't have to take the test either.
Jeb Bush
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-----Original Message-----
From: [summer]
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 2:18 PM
To: Jeb Bush
Subject: quick question
Vouchers and Government Control
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Gov. Bush,
A certain voucher question comes up repeatedly on FR.
I tried to answer it to the best of my knowledge on my post #40 on the thread above. Was I correct?
Briefly -- FR posters against vouchers keep claiming the FL voucher students are currently "required" to take all state assessments. But, I say, NO.
Who is correct?
Thanks,
[summer]
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: jebbush; privateschool; statetesting; students; vouchers
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To: mafree
mafree, Maybe you could ask Gov. Bush's campaign people to put you in touch with
THIS PERSON.
81
posted on
07/08/2002 6:15:01 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Tijeras_Slim; concerned about politics; narses; IronJack; Lockbox; Ladysmith; Red Jones; ...
Hi, I thought you might be interested in this thread re: vouchers. Of course, I realize I could be wrong. :)
82
posted on
07/08/2002 6:23:30 PM PDT
by
summer
To: rudypoot; AEMILIUS PAULUS; listenhillary; c-b 1; poppytpee; CIB-173RDABN; PatrioticAmerican; ...
Hi, I thought you might be interested in this thread. Of course, I realize I could be wrong. :)
83
posted on
07/08/2002 6:31:18 PM PDT
by
summer
To: summer
I do think it is important to keep that control with the parent -- otherwise, private schools start to become exactly like public schoolsI agree with your analysis of this, and also want private schools to have as much freedom as possible. All I am trying to say is that if states choose to require testing, I would not object since I think that is a good thing.
What I would object to is if the state tries to control the content of the curriculum, teaching methods, etc., or would demand that certain subjects (outside of basic academics) be either required or forbidden. For example, I would not want religious classes forbidden, or certain immoral agendas imposed.
Generally speaking, some governmental regulation is necessary in every industry, but I believe it should be kept to a minimal level, and let the free market regulate the rest. Too much regulation can be extremely harmful, both in the needless expenditures required to maintain it, as well as the resources that need to be devoted to it that take away from more important tasks. I think this is a major reason why public schools often perform badly compared to their private counterparts; too much time and effort wasted on complying with regulations.
To: robertpaulsen; Khepera; rdb3; Puddleglum; Eska; ThomasJefferson
Hi, I thought you might be interested in this thread. Of course, I realize I could be wrong. :)
85
posted on
07/08/2002 6:37:16 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Truth Addict
Re your post #84 - BTTT! :)
86
posted on
07/08/2002 6:38:10 PM PDT
by
summer
To: summer; FreeTally
Hello summer,
Thanks for pinging me to this thread. For the record, I think vouchers are a jolly good idea. I am also concerned, though, that FedGov.Com destroys everything it touches. That is why I pinged FreeTally here, too; you both know so much about the K - 12 Education System in Florida!
87
posted on
07/08/2002 6:43:14 PM PDT
by
Dakmar
To: rodeocowboy; LWalk18; kancel
FYI.
88
posted on
07/08/2002 6:43:15 PM PDT
by
summer
To: iconoclast
FYI.
89
posted on
07/08/2002 6:43:59 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Dakmar
For the record, I think vouchers are a jolly good idea. I am also concerned, though, that FedGov.Com destroys everything it touches.
LOL...I think that accurately summarizes the feelings of many people here. Thanks for your post, Dakmar. And, thanks for your kind words to me. :)!
90
posted on
07/08/2002 6:45:19 PM PDT
by
summer
To: summer
that is fine summer, if you want to keep me on a ping list, then that's fine with me. I like to reac voucher stories.
To: Red Jones
Thanks for your post, Red Jones. Right now, I don't have a separate voucher list, but maybe I will create one soon (and include you on it), as this seems to be a hot topic! :)
92
posted on
07/08/2002 6:54:06 PM PDT
by
summer
To: swampfox98; Trailerpark Badass
FYI.
93
posted on
07/08/2002 6:56:30 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Polybius; Whilom; ned
FYI.
94
posted on
07/08/2002 6:58:30 PM PDT
by
summer
To: coloradomom; ohioWfan; Vets_Husband_and_Wife; UCANSEE2; TatieBug; DoughtyOne; diotima
FYI. :)
95
posted on
07/08/2002 6:59:45 PM PDT
by
summer
To: Trueblackman; christine11; onyx; Angelique
FYI. :)
96
posted on
07/08/2002 7:00:52 PM PDT
by
summer
To: LibertyGirl77
FYI. :)
97
posted on
07/08/2002 7:03:00 PM PDT
by
summer
To: doug from upland; Congressman Billybob
FYI. :)
98
posted on
07/08/2002 7:03:51 PM PDT
by
summer
To: sarasmom; chiefqc; Aquinasfan; meyer; hoosierpearl; goodseedhomeschool
FYI. :)
99
posted on
07/08/2002 7:15:21 PM PDT
by
summer
To: mommadooo3; First_Salute; breakem; Utah Girl
FYI. :)
100
posted on
07/08/2002 7:17:51 PM PDT
by
summer
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