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by: Marlene Sokol|Tampa Bay Times October 29, 2015 After six years of effort, high hopes and more than $180 million spent, the Hillsborough County school system is unraveling the teacher evaluation system it developed with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The news came in an email this week from superintendent Jeff Eakins to more…
Central Florida 100 responses, October 28, 2015 100 of Central Florida’s most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week. Kathleen Oropeza, co-founder, FundEducationNow.org, will be submitting weekly thoughts. Last week: President Obama and Education Secretary…
Notice of Development of Rulemaking DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION State Board of Education RULE NO.: RULE TITLE: 6A-1.09981 Implementation of Florida’s System of School Improvement and Accountability PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculation…
Gov. Rick Scott has a history of spinning his hand-picked “truth” on public education funding. Instead of investing, he has presided over some of the deepest cuts in history. The chronic de-funding of Florida’s public schools keeps per pupil dollars way below the national spending average of $10,700 dollars. Florida public education advocates across the state…
Keep using your voices! You’ve sent at least 40K letters to Gov. Scott and his education advisers! Even so, Commissioner Stewart stubbornly clings to the state’s failed “education reform” ideology. We all know that politics is behind her FSA loyalty. Let’s grow the 40K+ letters you’ve sent and keep urging Gov. Scott to issue an Executive Order to…
by: Jeffrey S. Solochek| Tampa Bay Times October 20, 2015 The Florida School Boards Association has formally adopted a resolution calling on Gov. Rick Scott to waive the use of 2015 state test results for school grades, personnel evaluations, student progression and other uses. The group also built upon superintendents’ request for a full review…
Pasco Superintendent Kurt Browning joined the ranks of public education advocates across the state when he sent a letter asking Gov. Scott to issue and Executive Order to suspend all stakes attached to the 2015 FSA scores. Browning knows the Governor has the power to issue such an order. He’s no stranger to Tallahassee as he served as Secretary…
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by Jeffery Solochek|Tampa Bay Times October 19, 2015 Senate Education Committee chairman John Legg says he wants to stop Florida school districts from playing fast and loose with state class size laws.Too many districts are misapplying a 2013 law that allows “schools of choice” to evade classroom student counts, Legg said, instead using the more…
Our allies are growing. Far reaching groups representing millions of Florida citizens are raising their voices in opposition to using the deeply flawed 2015 Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) to grade schools and evaluate teachers. The latest to issue a statement are thirteen school districts representing the Central Florida School Public Boards Coalition. The group sent…