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Education leader and board member spar over data, ‘union bosses’ – Daytona Times

BY JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran on Wednesday criticized “union bosses” and said Florida has been a model for reopening schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but a member of the State Board of Education defended leaders of teachers unions and called for better data about children infected with […]

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