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Charlotte County in southwest Florida just became the 13th Florida county where the total number of registered voters rejecting both major parties now exceeds one of the two major parties. Figures posted on Supervisor of Elections Paul Stamoulis’ website show that “other” voters (mostly those with no party affiliation and a small number belonging to…
Miami Republican Erik Fresen said he wants to raise the bar for Florida teachers by offering a $10,000 scholarship for those he believes are the brightest and best of the bunch. However, the scholarship he created by carving out $44 million in this year’s budget has brought on three challenges from Sarasota school professionals who…
Less than a mile from the state Capitol, a former steakhouse shows little evidence that it was once part of a movement to change Florida’s schools. It was on this location nearly two decades ago that the leader of a prominent Tallahassee church put together one of the state’s first charter schools. The space where…
TALLAHASSEE — The Scott administration’s plan to evaluate schools’ performance in 2014-15 without taking into consideration the year-to-year improvement of students is based on an esoteric provision in the state’s education accountability law that lawmakers and school district leaders say is being misused. In 2013, the Legislature amended the state’s law that directs the Department…
TALLAHASSEE — A state program designed to reward teachers who excel in testing or evaluations is being challenged by a Tallahassee lawyer who says the $10,000 award is being unfairly withheld from many teachers. Tallahassee lawyer Ronald G. Meyer filed a challenge Friday with the state Division of Administrative Hearings, arguing the Florida Department of…