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Orange County School Board Adopts Resolution on High Stakes Tests
A Orange county teacher emails this conclusion to OCPS resolution which was agreed to Tuesday: WHEREAS, excessive test preparation stifles innovation, creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking that allow students to thrive in a democracy and in a global society and … Continue reading
Will Orange County School Board Be Next to Pass Resolution on High Stakes Tests?
WMFE Radio reports: The Broward County School Board has become the fourth in Florida to pass a resolution opposing the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test as the primary means for measuring student progress. And now, an Orange County School Board member … Continue reading
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Tagged Broward County, common core standards, DOE, education, FCAT, Florida, Florida Board of Education, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida school reform bill, Florida schools, Florida students, florida teachers, high stakes testing, local control, martin county, National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing, New Yorp principals, orange county, Palm Beach county, Rick roach, school board, school reform, st lucie county, teachers, Texas
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Florida School Board Member Mocks FCAT With Video
Florida’s republican legislators don’t like to be accused of ending local control of schools. But trying to end school board member salaries and giving final oversight of charter schools to Tallahassee political appointees is well, attempting to end local control … Continue reading
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Tagged charter schools in florida, common core standards, DOE, education, education reform, FCAT, FCAT video, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida republicans, florida school reform bill, Florida schools, high stakes testing, Jeb Bush, orange county, Rick roach, school board, testing, video
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Two Florida School Superintendents: “Florida’s School Accountability System Will Fail”
Orlando Sentinel reporter Dave Weber talked to the superintendents of schools for Orange and Seminole counties about Florida’s new accountability system and came away with stunning news: Florida’s runaway school accountability system is destined to fail and take with it the … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, Bil vogel, charter schools in florida, DOE, education, education reform, FCAT, Florida, Florida Board of Education, florida education, florida education reform bill, high stakes testing, orange county, Palm Beach school board, rick scott, ron blocker, satndardized tests, Seminole County, testing
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Charter Schools USA Rejected in Georgia, Enraged Lawmakers Target School Board
Dick Yarborough reporting last week included this tidbit about Charter USA’s attempt to open a school in Cherokee County, Georgia: In Miami-Dade and Broward counties, the (Miami) Herald reported, almost two-thirds of charter schools are run by management companies, which charge fees … Continue reading
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Tagged education reform, Florida Board of Education, florida republicans, politics, education, Florida, steve wise, Florida schools, local school boards, charter schools in florida, Bill Nelson, school boards, charter schools, orange county, Tennessee, Charter Schools USA, Georgia, privatization, Parent trigger, local control, local control of schools, Medicare, CSUSA, local, cherokee, miamidade
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Ending Local Control of Schools Continues in Florida
Signs that the end of local board control of schools – and its own finances – continued today when the state board of education overruled Orange and Seminole counties rejection of two charter schools. From Leslie Postal in the Orlando … Continue reading
Alachua County School Board Member: For-Profit Schools are Coming to Florida
In this morning’s Gainesville Sun, Alachua County School Board Member, Eileen Roy warns Floridians that state policymaker’s efforts are to privatize the state’s entire education system. Its quite a rebuke: Make no mistake, there is a determined, coordinated effort to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alachua county, Bill Sublette, charter schools, charter schools in florida, Charter USA, choice, Colleen Conklin, education, education reform, Eileen Roy, FCAT, Flagler County, Florida, florida education, florida education reform bill, florida governor, florida republicans, florida teachers, orange county, per-pupil funding, private schools, privatization, school board, school reform, virtual school, Vouchers
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When Taxpayer’s Investment in Florida Charter Schools Vanishes
Rick Scott used “invest” or “investment” three times in the education policy op-ed piece he penned this week. He in fact used it in the title. As Scott is so politically invested in the advancement of charter schools in Florida, its worth … Continue reading
Will Charter USA “Stockpiling” in Florida be Boosted by its Friends in High Places?
The Orange county school board turned down a recent Charter USA’s application largely because the group hadn’t opened the building which had been previously ok’d. Writes Lauren Wright in the Orlando Sentinel: Last October, the Orange school board approved a … Continue reading
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