Florida Touts Year of ‘Extraordinary’ Education Accomplishments in 2023

Published on December 30, 2023

In 2023, under the leadership of Gov. Ron DeSantis—a Republican candidate for president—Florida educational policies caught the attention of analysts as exceptional and earned praise from parental rights activists. Yet a teachers’ organization insists that Florida’s education policies don’t benefit education. That’s despite the state’s climb from third to first in the nation in higher education, according to an annual analysis by U.S. News and World Report. In analyzing pre-K through 12th-grade education, the publication ranked Florida 14th nationwide. The 2023 American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Index of State Education Freedom also ranked Florida in first place....

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