In an effort to address the problem of the lack of skilled workers in the state, ACE of Florida is launching – Second Chance Initiative. The goal of Second Chance Initiative is to bring together business leaders, policy makers and our educators to increase awareness of the need to improve the skills of Florida’s workforce. …
Florida’s charter school movement has grown into $400-million-a-year powerhouse backed by real-estate developers and promoted by politicians, but with little oversight. Preparing for her daughter’s graduation in the spring, Tuli Chediak received a blunt message from her daughter’s charger high school: Pay us $600 or your daughter won’t graduate. Read more…. BY SCOTT HIAASEN AND KATHLEEN…