Sparking the evolution of education choice
A bill that would allow teachers and students to focus on mastery of grade-level skills rather than grades unanimously cleared the Senate Education Committee Tuesday. Filed by Sen. Jeff Brandes (R- St. Petersburg), SB 226 would expand an existing “competency-based” pilot program to any school district that wants to participate.[Read More…]
A bill’s death in the waning days of Florida’s legislative session could slow the progress several public schools are making to help students learn at their own pace. The legislation would have allowed districts leading Florida’s foray into “mastery-based” learning to start replacing conventional A-F grades with a new grading[Read More…]
New legislation will make way for the next step in the evolution of education, according to a Florida senator who filed it. The bill would expand a personalized learning program. It would allow educators across the state to develop “mastery-based” programs in which students advance when they master a topic[Read More…]
Coding as a language: For the third straight year, a bill has been introduced in the Legislature that would allow computer coding to fulfill two credits of foreign language requirements in high schools. The bill, filed by Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, would not require high schools to offer computer[Read More…]
