Monthly Archives: June 2020

In the days before the COVID pandemic arrived in Florida, Governor DeSantis proposed and the Legislature approved a package intended to provide a substantial increase in starting pay for public school teachers. The package was a response to the state’s … Continue reading →

In her Orlando Sentinel op-ed, James Madison Institute researcher Andrea O’Sullivan argued that Florida is an attractive destination for Silicon Valley tech “refugees” who are being driven away by California’s taxes and regulations. O’Sullivan’s argument would be a great advertisement … Continue reading →

Dominic Calabro, President and CEOFlorida TaxWatchTallahassee, FL Dear Dominic: I’m writing about one of the recommendations in your report, “Bringing Florida’s Budget Back from COVID-19, A Roadmap for a Responsible Recovery”. The recommendation I take issue with is this: “Florida … Continue reading →

Teaching physics online reasonably well is really, really hard. I’m saying this even though I haven’t done it yet. I’m saying it because I’m watching my FSU colleagues knock themselves out trying to do a good job this summer. I’m … Continue reading →

During the 2017-18 academic year, 182 students in Florida’s State University System graduated with bachelors’ degrees in physics. Only four of those students were Black, according to the IPEDS database. Physics is one of the STEM fields that the 2015 … Continue reading →

Florida’s Black students are doing poorly in the pipeline to bachelor’s degree-level careers in engineering, computing, mathematical sciences and physics. The figure above illustrates this. The red line shows the percentage of students in Florida’s public K-12 schools in Fall … Continue reading →

With fewer Florida families able to afford to send their children off to college because of the pandemic-caused recession, dual enrollment (in which high school students enroll in college courses) will likely become more attractive as a means of cutting … Continue reading →