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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…
CENTRAL FL SCHOOL BOARD COALITION LETTER TO GOV SCOTT FSA
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…
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…