By Patricia Levesque
This piece was originally published in Florida Politics.
Florida’s future is inextricably linked to our ability to educate and train tomorrow’s workforce.
Florida policymakers will officially begin the 2025 Legislative Session this week, kicking off 60 days of work to tackle the state’s biggest challenges.
The last legislative biennium produced some of the most ambitious education policies the state has seen since Gov. Jeb Bush’s A+ Plan: Universal school choice; comprehensive math policy; stronger literacy policies, including bans on the harmful three-cueing instructional practice; improved education-to-workforce pathways and supports; limits on cellphone use in classrooms and access to social media; and record teacher pay increases.
There’s much to celebrate, but as our Chair and former Florida Governor, Jeb Bush, always says, success is never final, and reform is never complete. When it comes to education, there’s never a time to take our foot off the gas.
Recent scores from the Nation’s Report Card — the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) — show that policymakers need to accelerate and expand student-centered policies now more than ever.
