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Monthly Archives: October 2019

Significant drop in NAEP scores: A scathing indictment on accountability obsessed status quo

UncategorizedBy SiteMGROctober 30, 2019Leave a comment

In “No Progress” Seen in Reading or Math on Nation’s Report Card, published in EdWeek on October 30, 2019, Sarah D. Sparks reports significant drops in math and reading performance across the nation. US DOE Secretary rattles her sabers warning that “this country is in a student achievement crisis, and over the past decade it…

2020 FL Legislature: Public Ed Policy Bills to watch

UncategorizedBy SiteMGROctober 28, 2019Leave a comment

Note: This list will be updated as bills are added. Teacher Compensation SB106/Rader Florida Teacher Fair Pay Act – Minimum starting pay for teachers – Instructional Personnel Salaries; Citing this act as the “Florida Teacher Fair Pay Act”; providing legislative intent that the Florida Education Finance Program be funded at a level that ensures a certain minimum…

Polk Perspective: Good start, guv, but we need more

UncategorizedBy SiteMGROctober 19, 2019Leave a comment

By Stephanie Yocum | Opinion| Lakeland Ledger| October 17, 2019 Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced a $600 million proposal to increase the minimum teacher salary to $47,500. While I am encouraged the conversation surrounding teacher compensation has shifted from bogus bonus schemes to meaningful salary movement, I am concerned this announcement has generated questions and…

Use Your Voice! Week 2 FL Standards Listening Tour

UncategorizedBy SiteMGROctober 14, 2019Leave a comment

Week 2 of the  Florida Department of Education new standards “listening tour” seeking public comment on 346 pages of the second draft of the new Florida Standards intended to replace Common Core is underway. Commissioner Corcoran is not video taping most of these sessions. Yet he will be able to say that the FL DOE spent…

1999-2019: The political agenda to defund & dismantle Florida Public Schools

UncategorizedBy SiteMGROctober 5, 2019Leave a comment

In Florida, the single party trifecta of house, senate and Governor plus a host of lobbyists work very hard every session to destroy the foundation of public education with legislation that is nothing short of death by a thousand cuts. The past 20 years of radical, experimental “reform” has earned Florida the dubious “honor” of…

Speak Up: FL Standards Listening Tour

UncategorizedBy SiteMGROctober 3, 2019Leave a comment

  On October 1, 2019 the Florida Department of Education announced a “listening tour” to gather public comment on 346 pages of the second draft of the new Florida Standards written to replace Common Core. Please note that the state is granting 1 hour per meeting at locations that cannot be considered convenient to major…

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