Central FL School Board Coalition Sends FSA message to Gov. Scott
CENTRAL FL SCHOOL BOARD COALITION LETTER TO GOV SCOTT FSA
California exit exam abolished, diplomas to be awarded
by: Sharon Noguchi|San Jose Mercury News October 8, 2015 Upending a hallmark of California school reform, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a bill that will award diplomas to thousands of young people who failed the California High School Exit Exam in the past decade. The new law, which takes effect in January, will allow…
Take action: Urge Gov. Scott to issue Executive Order & provide FSA relief
Florida’s public school children can’t wait. It’s time to ask Gov. Scott to issue an executive order and provide 100% relief from the troubled Florida Standards Assessment (FSA). Please add your voice to the letter we sent, along with the Miami-Dade County Council PTA, Parents Across Florida, NAACP/Florida, and the League of United Latin American…
Advocates to Gov. Scott: Use Executive Order to provide FSA relief
October 7, 2015 The Honorable Rick Scott Governor, State of Florida The Capitol 400 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399 RE: Executive Order to suspend any application of the 2015 FSA Via: email Dear Governor Scott, We are writing to urge you to issue an Executive Order suspending any application…
Sunrise charter school mass-fires teachers
by: Bob Norman| Local 10 News October 5, 2015 It was about a month into the school year that Joshua Brooks’ five young children, who attend the new Paramount Charter School in Sunrise, told him the news. “I just picked them up one day and all their teachers were gone,” Brooks said, still incredulous. “I’m…
Will Florida teachers really get $10,000 from Best and Brightest bonus?
by: Jeffery Solochek|Tampa Bay Times October 4, 2015 Approved in this year’s legislative budget, Florida’s Best and Brightest program promised teachers bonuses up to $10,000, if they could prove their eligibility. The key phrases, of course, were “prove” and “up to.” Proving eligibility turned out to be quite a task for many educators, who had…
Time to throw out Bush-era education reforms
by: John Romano|Tampa Bay Times October 2, 2015 For the longest time, it seemed educational reformers could do no wrong. They had the theories, they had the platform and, most importantly, they had the power. So George W. Bush’s Texas Miracle begat the nation’s No Child Left Behind law, which was around the same time…
How many votes does it take to elect a Florida legislator?
photo: Scott Keeler, Tampa Bay Times by: Kristen M. Clark and Mary Ellen Klas Miami Herald|Times Tallahassee Bureau October 2, 2015 TALLAHASSEE When Florida lawmakers return to Tallahassee for another redistricting special session on Oct. 19, they will talk a lot about how to comply with court guidelines when redrawing state Senate districts. But they’ll…
Another view on Florida’s proposed testing cut scores
by: Jeffery S. Solochek|Tampa Bay Times October 2, 2015 When Florida’s superintendents released their recommendations to revise the state education accountability laws, their original proposal relating to testing cut scores was notably absent. While gone, though, it was far from forgotten. As preliminary test results became public, Duval County superintendent Nikolai Vitti, who once headed…
Blackburn: No faith in school accountability system
by: Dr. Desmomd Blackburn, Brevard Public Schools superintendent October 1, 2015|Florida Today In the two months since I became the new superintendent of Brevard Public Schools, I have spent numerous hours engaging in dialogue with the citizens of this county —hearing of their pride in our accomplishments and learning about the challenges they feel…