FL Teachers & Psychologist Speak Up: Cruelty of 2020 FSA guidelines

Recently, the Department of Education rolled out 276 pages of guidelines for the administration of the 2020 Florida Standards Assessment. They represent a Catch-22 “dilemma from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.” These guidelines paint a DOE so pathologically obsessed with the notion of “unfair advantage,” that it directs…

Take Action: SB1220 Voucher Expansion & SB1688 Pre-K High Stakes up Tuesday!

Take Action Now! Two dangerous bills are up Tuesday, February 25, 2020 in the Senate Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Urge a NO vote from Senators Stargel, Diaz, Baxley, Book, Flores, Montford, Pizzo & Simmons on:  SB 1220 Family Empowerment voucher expansion & SB 1688 High stakes tests and A-F school grades for pre-schools! We oppose SB 1220/Family Empowerment Voucher Expansion because:…

FL BOE Feb 12th – Step Up contract renewal, standards & school scrutiny

Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran and the seven members of the Board of Education are probably the most powerful political appointees in the state. They have been granted unprecedented authority over our district schools ranging from passing rules that have the same weight as laws, closing schools, fining superintendents and removing duly elected school board…