How Bad Is Florida’s Governor
The Miami Herald reports that there are No applicants for state’s top education post
With a national reputation as a leader in education reform, and more aggressive changes on the way, Florida should be an easy sell for those seeking a new education commissioner.
But with less than three weeks until the deadline, the position hasn’t generated much attention.
In fact, no one has yet applied.
“We’ve definitely not received any inquiries and the firm has not alerted us to any,” education department spokesman Tom Butler said of the effort to fill the spot being vacated by Eric J. Smith in mid-June.
Actually, after the current legislative session, Florida is becoming known for slicing and dicing education funding, while imposing mandates from Tallahassee. The current education commissioner is unlikely to provide a “glowing report” about the working conditions under the new regime, so I think this will end up with someone’s brother-in-law’s cousin’s nephew on his mother’s side. Someone who cleans up respectable and knows how to agree with the “powers that be”.
The Florida educational system is in the mad rush to the bottom, trying to outdo all of the other states that elected Tea Party whackoes in 2010.
