Tag: Common Core
3rd-grade reading scores up a little, sex education, academic standards and more
Legislature review and preview, student privacy, standards, pay issues and more
Guns in church schools bill postponed, teacher raises, vaccinations and more
Florida schools roundup: Hope, Gardiner scholarship bills, spending and more
Hope Scholarship: With some Florida school districts saying they’re confused by the law that offers state scholarships for bullied K-12 students, state Sen. Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah, has filed a bill intended to clarify the rules and further expand the scholarship. S.B. 1410 would remove school districts from making any decisions[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Grand jury set for school safety, discipline program and more
School safety grand jury: Florida’s Supreme Court unanimously approves Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a statewide grand jury to investigate whether schools are following safety requirements and to “make recommendations about what some of the various school districts could do better.” The grand jury will also investigate whether school districts have[Read More…]
A modest proposal for Florida’s academic standards
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order recently to transition the state away from the current academic standards, which begs the question: What will replace them? I have a suggestion on that front, but first, some basics. Federal law requires states to have a set of academic standards and[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Senate education plan, school shooting trial and more
Senate education plan: Florida Senate Republicans release their own plan to change the state’s education policies. Senators want to start a Family Empowerment Scholarship to reduce the 14,000-student list of low-income students waiting for a Florida Tax Credit Scholarship. Their proposal is similar to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed Equal Opportunity Scholarship, but[Read More…]