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Florida Charter Schools “being approved at a pace that outruns accountability”
So believes former charter school principal and current Palm Beach School Board Chairman Chuck Shaw. From yesterday’s column by the Palm Beach Post’s Jac Versteeg Parents and students might be more willing to make (the) switch because of the charter school … Continue reading
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Florida’s School Grading System is the Emperor With No Clothes
My Facebook friend and teaching colleague Catherine Martinez tactfully helps me out with editing my blog on occasion. She’s taken up her own pen this morning in a letter to the editor of the Palm Beach Post: Let me get … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, district, education, education reform, FCAT, Florida, Florida Board of Education, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, Florida schools, florida teachers, grading system, Jeb Bush, legislature, Palm Beach county, privatization, school, school grades, teachers, testing
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