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Romney’s education agenda based on standardized tests, school choice

Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential candidate who edged out an eight-vote victory over Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucuses, has a long track record on education that includes standardized testing and accountability, charter schools and school vouchers.

Gingrich announces Florida campaign leaders, many close to Rubio

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich today announced campaign chairs and co-chairs for all of Florida’s 67 counties.

Judge may hear challenge to federal decision on Plan B

A women’s health advocacy group plans to reopen a legal fight to challenge the federal government’s decision to overrule a request from the FDA to expand access to the morning after pill, also called Plan B, to women under the age of 17.

On World AIDS Day, Obama announces more funding to domestic AIDS programs

By | 12.01.11 | 2:49 pm | More from The Florida Independent

President Obama announced today that $50 million in additional funds will be going toward treatment and care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.

Obama said during “The Beginning of the End of AIDS,” an online conference organized by ONE International, “a grassroots advocacy and campaigning More…

VIDEO: HIV/AIDS advocates propose measures to boost prevention and treatment

By | 12.01.11 | 2:32 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Gov. Rick Scott extended(PDF) “greetings and best wishes to all those observing” World AIDS Day today, while organizations in Florida and the U.S. are calling for action against the problems people living with HIV/AIDS are facing.

Rumsfeld a special guest at Allen West fundraising breakfast

By | 10.27.11 | 3:30 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld appeared today at a Washington, D.C. breakfast fundraiser for Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, with suggested contributions from $500 to $2,500. West, a former lieutenant colonel, resigned from the Army in 2003 after “it was disclosed that he fired a pistol near [an Iraqi] detainee during More…

Senate proposal to reauthorize No Child Left Behind meets opposition

By | 10.24.11 | 3:46 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A diverse group of organizations have rejected the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2011, recently passed by the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and that will now move to the full Senate.

U.S. House Republicans propose spending bill that would cut sex ed, increase abstinence-only

By | 10.04.11 | 3:42 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A newly proposed spending bill from U.S. House Republicans would dramatically cut funding for comprehensive sex education and increase spending on abstinence-only education programs.

GOP presidential contenders want federal govt. to scale back its K-12 influence

By | 09.30.11 | 4:51 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The GOP presidential candidates and Florida Republicans disagree on many issues, but they mostly agree that K-12 education policies should be designed at the local level and that the federal government should play a limited role.

According to Education Week:

The Republicans running for president may be working

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Florida Catholic Conference’s ‘Offenses Against Unborn Children’ bill introduced in state Legislature

By | 09.27.11 | 9:25 am | More from The Florida Independent

State legislators have introduced a new bill that has been popular among anti-abortion advocates for years. The bill would redefine the death of a “viable fetus” as the death of an “unborn child,” and would also change laws for vehicular manslaughter involving a pregnant woman.