“Wildly successful” says the governor
They’re blaming it on COVID pandemic school closings–well, they’ve got to say something, don’t they? But whatever the cause, “tens of thousands more children” since 2019-20 have been pulled from Florida’s public schools; and more than a few of those schools, officials warn, may have to be closed (https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/26/desantis-florida-school-closures-00159926).
Since 2019-20, enrollment in Florida’s charter schools is up by 68,000, with another 50,000 now being homeschooled. Public schools are facing what are described as “staggering enrollment declines.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis calls Florida’s policies encouraging school choice “wildly successful.”
Calloo, callay, O frabjous day! says I.
Public education has had this coming. When the schools closed for COVID, parents scrambled to find other ways to educate their children. And those who opted for online education provided by the public schools were taken aback by the Far Left indoctrination they were finally seeing for themselves. “Educators” tried to prevent the parents from watching what was on their children’s computer screens, but had no power to do so.
Which never, never, never prompted them to cut back their woke propaganda and do some real teaching for a change. The teachers’ unions planted their flag in Lefty Land and refused to retreat an inch.
And now, with other states poised to follow Florida’s example, the bill is coming due.