Florida Senate Starts Looking At Teacher Pay, School Funding, Recess And Testing

Senator David Simmons says teachers shouldn’t have to hold down second jobs:  “It breaks my heart when I see teachers having to work in the evening just to make ends meet and we’ve got to improve teacher compensation,” he says.  Simmons, an Altamont Springs Republican, is chairing his chamber’s K-12 Education Committee. And he says…

FDOE Memo: Every Student Succeeds Act Update

The United States Department of Education regulations for accountability, state plans and data reporting were released November 29, 2016, effective January 30, 2017. Of note, the state plan due dates are pushed back to either April 3 or September 18, 2017. The timeline for school improvement decisions based on the accountability system is moved back…