Floridians aren't led they are ruled
From the Times Union “This bill, which faced bipartisan opposition in the State Senate, has the potential to devastate …
Scott Shine sad to see Iranetta Wright go
Proving a broke clock is right more often than he is, Shine bemoaned the loss of Wright in the Times Union. From the Ti…
Iranetta Wright leaves the district
When superintendent Vitti first arrived to the district he both said and did many of the right things. Perhaps the firs…
The Role of a School Board member
From Stone Eggs, by Greg Sampson This morning brings news from California that a school board member is surveying stude…
The difference between Becki Couch and Scott Shine
They are both on the school board but how they approach the job is very different. As Governor Rick Scott is abou…
Does Scott Shine want 27 schools taken over by charters?
In the Beaches Leader, Mr. Shine wrote how it might not be so bad if three middle schools closed and were taken over by…
Vitti and post traumatic stress
I went to a teacher round table yesterday at UNF. There were about thirty teachers from all around the district and we …
Scott Shine's comments spark outrage, "insults the bulk of the district's teachers".
By JW White DCPS school board member Scott Shine recently wrote an editorial lambasting the Florida Legislature’s recen…
Scott Shine, advocates schools failing to get rid of union teachers. (real rough draft)
This has been a difficult year and it started with Scott Shine saying some disparaging remarks about me in the Times Un…
Reader blasts Shine, says, do your job!
From a long time reader and former teacher, Sue-Ann Hershey Mr. Shine, you do not get to demand the removal of an ent…
The state lets Chartrand's KIPP school manipulate its grades again
The KIPP charter school arrived with a lot of fanfare and then promptly received the lowest grade in North East Florida…
School Board member Warren Jones lets the city down
I will just let his words do the talking for him. From the Times Union: Board member Rebecca Couch voted against it, s…
The easily offendable Scott Shine
Oy vey This morning I received a note from Mr. Shine sent from his school board email and forwarded to Sonnita Young (a…
Scott Shine again shows he doesn't understand education policy
Oy vey, I can't make this stuff up. I will just let his own words do the talking for him. From News4Jax That veto…
The state stops giving Teach for America and KIPP extra tax payer dollars
I was stunned to read that Governor Rick Scott vetoed money to Gary Cartrand's pet projects Teach for America and t…