Public education in Florida is under attack on so many fronts it can sometimes be hard to keep track.
The Republican-led legislature is creating new programs that will use public funds for private- and religious-school education, adding to several programs that already exist. An effort has been made in the legislature to require school districts to share with charter schools money that voters chose in a referendum to go to school districts, but it is unclear how that will end. And this week, the state legislature voted to allow teachers to carry guns at school despite opposition from many school districts.
