FSBA #FridayFive – Week of Mar. 21, 2016

1.   Florida is closing the achievement gap:  http://www.educationequalityindex.org/ 2.   A national report card on school funding:  http://schoolfundingfairness.org/ 3.   Computer coding as a foreign language not a dead issue:  http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/should-computer-coding-be-considered-foreign-language-school-some-say-n543656 4.   Let’s do this in Florida.  Youth apprenticeship pilot program launched in Maryland:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/state-launches-1st-youth-apprenticeship-pilot-program/2016/03/23/3f791a6c-f0d4-11e5-a2a3-d4e9697917d1_story.html 5.   ESSA rulemaking has begun:  http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-education/2016/03/writing-rules-for-essa-213320