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Governor Crist on SB 6 listen

04/09/10 Arielle Stevenson
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Tags: Charlie Crist, SB6, john thrasher, wmnf

Florida House members voted in favor of Senate Bill 6 last night. Now the fate of Senate Bill 6 is in the hands of Gov. Charlie Crist. Last night, Crist was in town speaking to students at USF St. Petersburg.

It was a late night in Florida’s capitol as lawmakers debated Senate Bill 6, which would overhaul how teachers are evaluated in the state’s schools. The debate ended with a 64-55 vote in favor of the legisl...

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Crist won't show his hand on possible SB 6 veto listen

04/09/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: SB6, Charlie Crist, Jean Clements, Hillsborough County Teachers Association, unions, education, teacher pay, teacher tenure

This morning, Gov. Charlie Crist was in Ybor City. He was greeted by about eight employees of the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association. They held signs encouraging him to veto Senate Bill 6.

When the governor arrived, he walked over to the crowd and accepted a box filled with hundreds of postcards and handwritten petitions from teachers and their supporters urging him to veto the bill. Crist said he has still not made a veto decisi...

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Governor Crist speaks with students at USF St. Pete listen

04/09/10 Arielle Stevenson
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Tags: wmnf, Charlie Crist, SB6, oil drilling near Florida's coast, Seminole Indians, Gambling

Despite a major education vote on Capitol Hill, Gov. Charlie Crist took time to speak with students last night at USF St. Petersburg.

USF St. Petersburg students enrolled in St. Petersburg Times columnist Howard Troxler’s Florida Politics class were treated to a personal discussion with Crist. Crist’s decisions are often the topics of heated debates every Thursda...

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Hillsborough teachers protest bills in Florida Legislature listen

04/07/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: SB6, Hillsborough County School Board, Candy Olson, Charlie Crist

This morning, Gov. Charlie Crist was in Ybor City. He was greeted by about eight employees of the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association. They held signs encouraging him to veto Senate Bill 6.

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The President of the Florida Teacher's Union on a Proposal to Institute Merit Pay for Teachers

03/09/10 Robert Lorei
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Tags: merit pay, public schools, FEA, SB6

There’s a battle brewing in Tallahassee over a plan to change the way teachers are paid here in Florida—it pits the head of the Florida Republican Party against the statewide teacher’s union.

But first some listener comments about last Thursday’s program on which we talked with citizens of Canada, Germany and Great Britain on their country’s national health care programs.

Here’s what some listeners had to say:

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A new bill introduced in the Florida Senate by...

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