Today – Shaping Our Future in Education Fully funding our public K-12 schools will ensure that all of Florida’s children have the opportu... Learn More
2023 – Expansion of Private School Vouchers As efforts to desegregate schools in the U.S. increased after the Brown v. Board of Education rul... Learn More
2010 – Florida Cuts Education Funding in Response to Great Recession Florida’s education funding has always been inadequate, perpetuating two separate and unequal sys... Learn More
2002 – Voters Approve Free Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten In 2002, Florida voters once again signaled their support for quality education for all students ... Learn More
1998 – Voters Approve Amendment Making Education a “Paramount Duty” The Reconstruction Constitution of 1868 was the first of Florida’s institutions to declare that e... Learn More
1973 – Florida Establishes Education Finance Program The 1960 census and its use in apportionment of the state Legislature largely ended the reign of ... Learn More
1970 – Governor Kirk Fights Busing Plan The Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 clearly stated that separate wa... Learn More
1968 – Florida’s Teachers Walk Out In 1968, Florida still had segregated schools, but Black and white teachers had joined together t... Learn More
1955 – The Pork Chop Gang Fights Desegregation and Government Funding In the 1950s, Florida had one of the country’s least representative Legislatures, with the northe... Learn More
1954 – Florida Resists the Brown v. Board of Education Decision Although Brown v. Board of Education[1]ended the “separate but equal” Supreme Court ruling of Ple... Learn More
