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Florida’s New High School Requirements and Alternatives Show Legislators Were Listening

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Some could say that they even offered a mea culpa. From Travis Pillow in the Tallahassee Democrat: The expansion of career education has been tied to broader changes to high school graduation requirements in competing proposals advanced by both House … Continue reading →

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Tony Bennett’s Curious Meddling in Parent Trigger

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

So Parent Trigger legislation predictably moved through a House committee yesterday along party lines by a 8-5 vote. But the most interesting news of the day came in the form of a letter that Florida’s new education commissioner, Tony Bennett … Continue reading →

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Jeb Bush’s Foundation Wants Florida to Ignore Crony Capitalism on Charter Schools

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

Big charter school operators have been whispering about getting their own independent board to approve charter schools. This week, Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education editorialist Mike Thomas unsurprisingly made the case that it was time for Florida to … Continue reading →

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Jeb Bush Facing the Reality of Opposition Within His Own Party

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

Bush has apparently noticed that having surrogates write op-eds on his behalf isn’t working and has finally taken up the pen himself. Writing predictably with cherry-picked data to justify his choice/accountability mantras, Bush targets and dismisses those who have been dealing with the disasters … Continue reading →

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Leon County Superintendent, Others Call for Investigation of FCAT Grade Changes

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

The Tallahassee Democrat‘s Travis Pillow reports: Leon County’s schools superintendent is demanding the state provide the districts with details of state testing data at the center of this month’s miscalculation of school grades. Superintendent Jackie Pons on Thursday sent state … Continue reading →

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Why Resolution on High-Stakes Tests Was Necessary in Florida: “No Evidence Legislative Pipeline Will Bring Relief”

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

The Bradenton Times has a comprehensive story this morning titled, “High-Stakes Testing Resistance Spreads Across Florida.” Highlighting Manatee county’s decision, the Times has this: In Florida, more than a dozen countywide school committees serving three-quarters of a million students endorsed the National … Continue reading →

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Brevard School Board Joins Surge Opposing High-Stakes Tests

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

Reports Florida Today’s Mackenzie Ryan: Brevard School Board members Thursday called on state leaders to overhaul a school accountability system that they say over- emphasizes and over-uses the FCAT as a measure of student, teacher, school and district performance. “It’s … Continue reading →

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How Gerard Robinson’s Lecture Ignited a Powerful Movement Against Florida’s High-Stakes Testing Regime

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

Save Duval Schools founder Deborah Gianoulis Heald attended the Florida School Boards Association meeting this week in Tampa. Here are her comments in a letter to the editor of the Lakeland Ledger: In Tampa on Thursday, I watched elected school board members … Continue reading →

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Legal Questions Loom Over High-Achieving Charter Schools Bill as Challenges Move to Appellate Courts

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

In the Lakeland Ledger: TALLAHASSEE | Battles over the Florida Board of Education’s approval of two new charter schools in Polk and Seminole counties are headed to appeals courts, lawyers said Friday. The state board last month overturned county decisions … Continue reading →

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Charter Schools USA Rejected in Georgia, Enraged Lawmakers Target School Board

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

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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