Tag: Eric Hall
Bill would require students to fill out FAFSA forms, head of Florida DOJJ once praised CRT, and more
Hillsborough’s budget crisis, teacher pay, school choice, school meals, in-person learning, and more
State revenue down sharply, school projects in jeopardy, reopening schools, retentions and more
PodcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews DOE senior chancellor Eric Hall
In this episode, Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill talks with Eric Hall, who joined the Florida Department of Education in February 2019 to deal with some of the state’s most high-profile initiatives, including the expansion of school choice. A little more than a year into Hall’s tenure as[Read More…]
Superintendents release school reopening plan, colleges working on it, teacher renewals and more
NAEP history and geography scores decline, more federal aid, preschool a key to reopening, and more
Governor proposes civics exam, trafficking education bill, costume earns suspension and more
Civics exam proposed: All graduating high school seniors will be required to take an exam measuring their knowledge about U.S. government, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday. The test will be similar to one that immigrants must pass to become U.S. citizens. “I would like initially to just understand where we are,” said DeSantis. “You see some of these national numbers where they do surveys and it’s pretty bad. I kind of think we would do a little better than that.” He said it’s possible the state could someday require high school seniors to pass such an exam to graduate…
Legislative bills: A bill that would require Florida public school students to be educated on the signs and dangers of human trafficking has been approved by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. S.B. 154 “will include, but is not limited to information on warning signs of human trafficking, terms used by traffickers, red flags that would indicate a trafficker’s malicious intent toward a student, websites that are popular with traffickers and details on how students may get help,” according to its sponsor, state Sen. Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale…
Costume merits suspension: Broward County School Board members reject Superintendent Robert Runcie’s recommendation to demote an administrator for wearing a risque Halloween costume to school. Instead, the board voted to suspend Mary Coker, the director of director of procurement and warehouse services, for seven days…