Annual school grades were just part of the latest data released Friday by the Florida Department of Education Less noticed, but also with their own impact, school districts grades came out, along with the list of lowest performing elementary schools. Those schools have to offer an extra hour of daily reading instruction. More than half…
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Any athlete knows the model works. Coaches take stock of players’ abilities and work to improve them on an ongoing basis. Practice, assess, tweak, improve, practice, assess, tweak, improve. Peak performance isn’t left to chance. Yet few boards conduct a self-assessment of their effectiveness in providing governance and leadership that promote student performance and system…
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Nominations are being taken for the next representatives of Florida in the National Statuary Hall. The collection of one hundred statues — two from each state — is housed in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington D.C. Florida’s current representatives are Dr. John Gorrie, credited with inventing refrigeration and air conditioning, and General Edmund Kirby Smith,…
In the waning hours of their 2016 session, Florida lawmakers approved a bill expanding families’ school options across county lines. Education choice advocates trumpeted the move as a bold step to let students attend any public school in the state. They equated it with Florida’s broad charter school and tax credit scholarship programs. But officials…
n every election voters have the chance to make their voices heard, but this year they have the opportunity to cause a massive shift in the direction we’re going — especially in Florida. The national election — driven by the presidential race — has illustrated the intensity of voter dissatisfaction toward the two-party system, the…
Today’s Friday Five are five reasons your membership in FSBA is valuable: 1. Full time staff on call to answer all of your questions, all of the time 2. 125+ years of experience in Florida school board issues and challenges 3. Transparency with membership, meetings, budgets, and legislative priorities 4. Transparency with bylaws and policies…
Through homelessness and physical disability, it would have been easy for Norberto Orellana to give up on his studies. Instead, the 18-year old graduated from high school Thursday with a near-perfect GPA, a full ride scholarship and a goal to get into medical school. On the last day of classes for Miami-Dade public schools, he…
Over the past half century, Florida has changed from solidly Democratic to a two-party state that media, candidates and analysts watch closely to see which way the nation’s political winds will blow. How did this happen? Why, going into the 2016 election year, does Florida qualify as a premier swing state? Florida’s political evolution began…