Tag: florida and achievement gap
Report: Florida charter school students outperforming district school peers
Florida charter school students are out-scoring and out-gaining their traditional public school counterparts in more than 150 comparisons on the state’s standardized tests, according to a state-mandated report released by the Florida Department of Education Thursday. In 156 of 177 comparisons, charter school students scored higher, made bigger gains and... READ MOREAdam Putnam: ‘If we lose the parents, we’ve lost the battle’
Editor’s note: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam was a late...
READ MOREColumn: Florida teachers union should celebrate teacher success
At the EdFly Blog today, former Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Security jitters, charter school funding, race-based academic goals & more
Race-based achievement goals. Florida voters don’t like them, according to...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Privatization showdown, vouchers and courts & more
Trying to compete with teachers unions for influence. The Miami...
READ MOREHCREO: Florida Board of Education’s race-based achievement goals are “insulting”
Editor’s note: Julio Fuentes, president of the Hispanic Council for...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Voucher accountability, single-gender schools and more
Vouchers need more accountability. So say David R. Colburn, director...
READ MOREFlorida’s next education commissioner needs to be explainer-in-chief
Florida’s next education commissioner will inherit a job that makes...
READ MOREA curious knock on Florida’s ed reforms
It does sound nefarious: The people who back accountability for...
READ MOREAgony and accountability in school choice
Education reform, for some of us, is full of tough...
READ MORETest-bashing in Florida could hurt poor and minority students the most
If Florida deserves applause for its recent academic progress, the...
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