Civil rights groups urge U.S. Education Secretary DeVos to reject Florida’s latest accountability plan

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After several delays, the Florida Department of Education submitted its revised Every Student Succeeds Act plan to the federal government in mid April.  Some civil rights group leaders want U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to do to the second version what she did to the first — reject it as noncompliant with federal law. Read…

Why won’t local governments fund extra school security? Look to a memo

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It’s not a secret: Florida’s school districts are struggling to find enough money to place armed security on each campus, as now required by law.  What is new lately is many local governments have begun saying they will not help out with their law enforcement departments. In the past few days, both the Pinellas and…