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The Senate on Thursday passed an overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education law, an action that senators on both sides of the aisle agreed was long overdue. Senators voted 81-17 to pass the Every Child Achieves Act, which transfers more decision-making power to state and local authorities. While No Child Left Behind was…
SARASOTA — Florida Sen. Nancy Detert called it the “worst bill of the year,” Rep. Ray Pilon said Gov. Rick Scott should have vetoed it and Rep. Greg Steube ripped the legislation as well. Opposition to an incentive program for teachers that will pay bonuses based on their SAT and ACT scores was a big point…
The number of home-schooled children in Florida saw its biggest increase in five years during 2014-15, according to a recently released Florida Department of Education report. (Thanks to the Redefined blog for bringing attention to the data.) Last year, the state counted 84,096 children in home schooling, up 9.6 percent from a year earlier. The…
ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) – Statistics show that charter schools in Florida fail at a greater rate than traditional public schools, but they also show that charter schools earn more “A” grades than traditional public schools. FOX 35 started examining the statistics after Acclaim Academy in Orange County shut down in May, without…
TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to a time crunch, a Leon County circuit judge has given the Florida Legislature little more than two months to draw new congressional districts and to defend them in court. Judge George S. Reynolds III issued an order Wednesday that said a special legislative session to redraw districts and a subsequent trial…