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BAD MOVE: Palm Beach Schools’ Expensive I-Ready Nightmare
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Parents attending “curriculum night” this week at schools throughout Palm Beach County learned a stunning fact: The School District’s highly publicized “I-Ready” program — for which it is paying $5.6 Million — is incompatible with iPads, Android Tablets, and many browsers on traditional computers. I-Ready is an online system…
Underpaid South Florida Teachers Sacrifice Millions From Their Own Pockets for Students
by; Nicolas Rivero | Miami New Times | August 23, 2016 …
Watch: John Oliver speaks truth about for-profit charters
Take the time to watch as John Oliver brilliantly lays out the truth about for-profit charters on his HBO Show, “Last Week Tonight,” Sunday, August 21, 2016. (language warning) The charter school industry is fully funded by our tax dollars, yet there is little oversight or transparency…
State judge weighs third-grade policy after contentious hearing
By Brandon Larrabee | Tallahassee Democrat | August 22, 2016 …
Charters, conflicts of interest & that Ocoee land deal
Rigging the game.is a must when creating an uneven playing field. Especially when it comes to profit. Some call this the free market. Nice term. Sounds like we all get a shot. Not so much. The “free market” really means that every tax dollar paid toward schools, roads, health, safety, parks, should be free for…
AP: State seeks to move third grade retention suit to federal court
Jeffrey Solochek | Tampa Bay Times | August 18, 2016 …
‘Reformers’ stoop low: They label them ‘government schools’ to knock students, teachers
by: Kathleen Oropeza | Guest Columnist | Orlando Sentinel …
Harris Rosen gives college scholarships to Jones High 2017 graduates
Maya Angelou said, “People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” No truer words could be used to describe Orlando Hotelier Harris Rosen who recently told WDBO that he’s going to pay “room, board, tuition, books and everything” for each 2017 Jones High School senior accepted to a trade school, community college or 4-year public Florida…
Parents sue state, seven school districts to stop Florida’s third-grade retention law
by: Jeffrey Solochek| August 10, 2016| Tampa Bay Times A group of parents filed a complaint in Leon County civil court late Tuesday night, seeking to stop their children from repeating third grade under Florida’s social promotion law. The case, against the Florida Department of Education and seven school districts including Hernando and Pasco counties,…