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The Supreme Court's Decision on Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law: and Andy Ford, President of the Florida Education Association Speaks About Public Sector Workers, Vouchers, Charter Schools and Standardized Tests
06/27/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Arizona SB 1070, Maria Rodriguez, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Andy Ford, Florida Education Association, teacher's union, charter schools, vouchers
Yesterday the Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision on Arizona’s immigration law—SB 1070. The court set aside three provisions of the law that would have pre-empted federal law. One made it a state crime for illegal immigrants to seek work or hold a job….another would have required all immigrants to always carry papers or documents proving they are here legally…. And a third provision struck down authorized police to arrest without warrant anyone they believe committed a deportable c...
Be the first to commentTampa Housing Authority awarded 75 additional vouchers to provide housing for homeless veterans listen
08/26/11 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Housing Authority, Homelessness, veterans, housing, vouchers, City of Tampa
The Tampa Housing Authority has recently received more than a half a million dollars to help local Veterans who are homeless or cannot afford their housing payments.
In July the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced grants to public housing agencies in every state. The funding totals $46.2 million. The Tampa Housing Authority was awarded 75 additional vouchers to provide assistance to veterans in need. Margaret Jones, Director of Assisted Housing for the Tampa Housing Autho...
Be the first to commentInterview with Robert Borosage: GOP plan to privatize Medicare; open phones
05/04/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Paul Ryan, Robert Borosage, Campaign for America's Future, Medicare, privatization, vouchers, tax cuts, federal deficit
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Three weeks ago in Washington the Republican-controlled House passed Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget on April 15.
The vote was along party lines. The budget proposal aims to reduce the nation’s $14 trillion national debt but the proposal's plans to change health-care access for seniors have proven controversial.
The budget proposal replaces the Medicare guarantee for seniors over 65 with a voucher system that seniors would have to u...
1 commentsThe Rick Scott Era: What can we expect?
01/06/11 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Scott, vouchers, school vouchers, Florida politics, education, Rick Kriseman
Our first Last Call program focused on the new Rick Scott tenure beginning in Florida.
In the studio we had St. Petersburg Democrat House Representative Rise Kriseman, and on the phone we had Chuck Kiker talking about Scott's "Vouchers for all" plan. Kiker is with the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association.
Be the first to commentDaine Ravitch Discusses Education Reform
06/09/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: standardized tests, NCLB, Diane Ravitch, vouchers, charter schools, SAT
Our guest on the first part of today's program is NYU education historian Diane Ravitch who has written a new book about high-stakes standardized tests and school choice: "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education." In the 1960's she was part of the Left side of the political spectrum. But she grew more conservative over time- joining the Education Department under George H. W. Bush. She backed the new generation of conservative r...
Be the first to commentAmendment weakening church-state separation inches closer to Florida ballot listen
04/13/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kevin Ambler, Adam Fetterman, vouchers, amendment, Florida Supreme Court, Florida Constitution, church and state
Today the state House and Senate moved a step closer to including an amendment to November’s ballot to repeal a ban on state funds to religious institutions.
House and Senate committees approved the proposed state constitutional amendment. Republican Rep. Kevin Ambler from Tampa supports it.
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The State of Florida's Education System
07/03/08 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: public schools, vouchers, church and state
Welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today an interview with Andy Ford, president of the Florida Education Association, the state’s largest teacher’s union.
We’ll talk about the state of education today in Florida, the budget cuts, the promises made by Gov. Charlie Crist to education and the impact of former Gov. Jeb Bush on the state’s school system. But first, some listener comments about yesterday’s program, which looked at the growing possibility that President Bus...
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