Tag: Florida and testing
Florida schools roundup: Kiera Wilmot, online classes, school choice & more
Kiera Wilmot. Prosecutors won’t file criminal charges against Kiera Wilmot, the Polk County student who has become a cause celebre after igniting a small chemical explosion on school grounds, reports the Lakeland Ledger. Beth Kassab says the arrest took things way too far. In the aftermath, neighboring Orange will get... READ MOREFlorida roundup: Advanced Placement, tutoring oversight, Common Core & more
AP results. Florida students rank No. 4 in the nation...
READ MOREEmerging market in public education is a good thing
Words such as voucher, privatization, profit and corporation are often...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Grad rates, guidance counselors, charter schools & more
Charter school performance. StateImpact Florida gives more ink to University...
READ MORELetter to editor: “Voucher” (tax credit scholarship) students are tested in Florida
Editor’s note: Step Up For Students president Doug Tuthill wrote...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Test costs, parent protests, the “Florida Formula” & more
Standardized test costs. They total about $1.7 billion a year...
READ MORETime to compare Florida school districts
As a group, low-income students struggle more than their wealthier...
READ MOREA curious knock on Florida’s ed reforms
It does sound nefarious: The people who back accountability for...
READ MOREFlorida Gov. Rick Scott: ‘We cannot declare war on teachers’
As part of his education “listening tour” this week, Florida...
READ MOREredefinED roundup: Florida education commissioner resigns, charter school plans in Mississippi and more
Florida: State education commissioner Gerard Robinson, a former president of...
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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