Florida School Boards Association
Florida, often considered a leader in school reform, wasn’t ranked among the top 10 in the nation for public education this year. It wasn’t even in the top 20. The state earned 28th in an overall ranking of states and the District of Columbia published each year by Education Week in its “Quality Counts” report.…
Following up on a campaign promise, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday released a plan to increase education spending in Florida to a record high. Scott wants the state to spend $7,176 on each public-school student — a $261 bump over this year’s figure and $50 more than the record set in 2007-08. His proposal would…
When lawmakers return to Tallahassee in March for the annual legislative session, they have a lot of questions they need to answer about public school testing. Senators laid out their concerns about the state testing system last week at a series of meetings. They don’t know how many tests the state requires, or how long…