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With over 81 percent of students graduating within four-years of entering high school, the Class of 2013 achieved the highest on-time graduation rate in U.S. history according to the 2015 Building a Grad Nation report. After graduation rates languished in the low 70s for nearly four decades, rates have accelerated dramatically over the past decade.…
For years, Florida middle and high school students who did poorly on state math and reading tests had to take remedial classes in those subjects the next academic year. It was a law that frustrated many teenagers, educators and parents. Now, it’s gone. The testing law Gov. Rick Scott signed last month (HB 7069) got…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Acclaim Academy is officially closed as of 3:15 Friday. It’s the charter school’s third and final campus to be shut down in Florida. With only a few weeks left of classes, students are now being relocated to their home schools so they can finish their testing. Out of about 250 students, the…
Florida lawmakers’ decision to end mandatory final exams for every class will mean that more teachers’ performance will be judged on subjects they don’t teach. Concerned about the amount of testing in schools — and pressured by activists and educators — this year lawmakers rescinded a state law that requires school districts to have a…
Tallahassee, Fla. – Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart, joined by Macy’s representatives, traveled the state this week to announce the five statewide finalists for the 2016 Florida Department of Education/Macy’s Teacher of the Year. Each teacher was honored with a surprise presentation in his or her classroom. The Florida Teacher of the Year program honors…