Head of Florida’s largest teachers’ union discusses school vouchers, standardized testing

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BY Rob Lorei

Our guest on Radioactivity Thursday was Joanne McCall, President of The Florida Education Association (FEA), a statewide federation of teacher and education workers’ labor unions in the state of Florida. Its 137,000 members make it the largest union in the state. McCall talked about  the controversy surrounding school vouchers, standardized testing , and how best to help failing schools in the state .

 

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