ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education is funding a $1.6 million, three-year study of the effectiveness of virtual schooling in Florida, one place where online learning is fast growing. University of Michigan economics and education professor Brian Jacob says there are “enormous gaps” in what’s known about how well online learning…
May edition of Board Notes … with features on Fremont Public Schools, a follow-up from last month’s Reinke/Deshler feature on creating opportunities in a small town, a list of upcoming events and networking opportunities, and much, much more! Board Notes Link – May 2015 As always, Board Notes, and other key resources can always be found here too, as…
Even if the much-debated bills to revamp Florida high school athletics won’t be passed in 2015, the ideas aren’t dead. The bills – House Bill 7137 and Senate Bill 948 – would’ve created more-lenient eligibility rules for transferring student-athletes and revamped the Florida High School Activities Association. The House passed 7137, but its premature adjournment…
Dennis Mope’s dream of running a network of military-themed charter schools for at-risk students ended quickly and with little warning this month in Jacksonville and Orlando. Two of Mope’s Acclaim Academy charter schools closed abruptly, displacing hundreds of students just three weeks before the end of the school year. A third school in Kissimmee was…
Leon County Deputy Jon “Bubba” Etheridge has been walking the halls of Tallahassee schools for more than a decade. His goal, like that of the other 21 School Resource Deputies assigned to cover 45 schools, is to help kids and their families address drug and alcohol problems before they result in life-altering problems. They want…
One young lady was diagnosed with Stage IV pediatric cancer and created a support group for teenage cancer patients. Another took a simple peanut butter and jelly sandwich and turned it into 3,000 to feed the homeless. And a young man whose little brother has autism started a school club that’s raised $70,000 to help…
BUNNELL — As they wait for state lawmakers to approve a budget, local officials cheered a call from the state Board of Education to increase school funding to its highest levels. Flagler County officials and employees attended the state board meeting Wednesday at the Government Services Building in Bunnell. Board members unanimously passed a resolution…
This week brought news of more trouble with Florida’s school testing system. It’s been a familiar refrain this spring: Students across the state sit down to take a computerized test mandated by law, and they can’t log on. Or they can, but then they get logged off. Or something else goes wrong and the tests…
Empowered by a new state law, education leaders in Miami-Dade and Broward counties announced Tuesday they won’t use the results of the new Florida Standards Assessment to hold students back — one of the most polarizing issues when it comes to how Florida uses tests in high-stakes decisions. “We will not allow the results of…
SPECIAL SESSION UPDATE Last Friday, Senate President Andy Gardiner and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli issued a Joint Proclamation setting the time frame and agenda for the Special Session. As expected, the Special Session will begin June 1 and end no later than June 20. This aligns with the Florida Constitution that limits the duration of a Special Session…