Daily Archives: September 21, 2015

Don’t issue A-to-F school grades this year, Miami superintendent says

by: Leslie Postal|Orlando Sentinel September 21, 2015 Echoing the fears of his colleagues around the state, the Miami-Dade superintendent said the A-to-F school grades to be announced in several months will be misleading and unfair and the state should stop their release. Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Florida’s largest school district, told the State Board of…

Florida accountability laws need ‘total rewrite,’ Pasco superintendent says

by: Jeffrey S. Solochek|Tampa Bay Times September 18, 2015 Florida’s education accountability system has lost credibility among too many Floridians to remain effective as-is, Pasco County schools superintendent Kurt Browning said Friday. Without changes, “I think it’s just going to get worse,” said Browning, the only superintendent to attend the state Senate Education Committee’s Thursday…