Tag: Eric J. Smith
Florida roundup: Rick Scott’s education plans, a plug for school grades & more
Rick Scott’s ed plans. Charter school expansion is a plank in Gov. Scott’s education plan for the next legislative session, but this exclusive Tampa Bay Times story on it doesn’t offer much detail. Here’s the main part that touches on school choice: The plan includes “lifting enrollment caps on charter... READ MORESearch for a new Florida education commissioner extended two months
Two more months. As expected, the Florida Board of Education...
READ MOREFlorida may get more time for education commissioner search
The Florida Board of Education is expected this week to...
READ MOREFBOE member: Next Florida education commissioner needs “a lot of autonomy”
As the Florida Board of Education ramped up its search...
READ MOREEric J. Smith, another Floridian worthy of being Romney’s education chief
EdWeek’s Politics K-12 blog offers an intriguing list of possible education...
READ MOREIn Florida’s standardized testing fiasco, a sober assessment of what went wrong
Florida education officials recently posted a frank internal report about...
READ MOREFormer Florida education commissioner Eric J. Smith: ‘School choice is an important option’
Eric J. Smith, the highly regarded Florida education commissioner who...
READ MOREVirginia ed secretary will be Florida’s next education commissioner
Gerard Robinson, the education secretary for Virginia and one of...
READ MOREAnother chief for change is resigning
The Associated Press and the New Orleans Times-Picayune are reporting...
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