Rallying for choice: As many as 11,000 supporters of school choice rally at the Florida Capitol to support tax-credit scholarships and urge the Florida Education Association teachers union to end its lawsuit that alleges the program is unconstitutional. Step Up For Students, which hosts this blog, helps administer those accounts. Miami[Read More…]
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Florida schools roundup: Legislature, early promotion, budgets and more
Legislature and education: School choice and charter school funding and accountability are among the big education issues in the legislative session that begins today. Miami Herald. Five issues and five people to watch during this session. Tampa Bay Times. Legislators may bicker over the sources of funding for K-12, since a large[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: School grades, elected commissioner and more
School grades: State Sen. Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee, files a bill that would give all Florida schools a grade of incomplete, arguing that the formula to determine grades requires learning gains that can’t be calculated. Gradebook. The recently released simulated school grade for Godby High School in Tallahassee demonstrates how the school is[Read More…]