At least 920 Florida teachers fired after failing state test, despite ‘effective’ evaluations

Accountability, Advocacy, Assessments, FLDOE, In the News, Legislation, Personnel, Standards, Teachers

How do you tell a teacher who’s got the passion and gets the results, you’re fired?  “I’m getting emotional thinking about it right now,” said Emily Mixon, a drama teacher in Escambia County who just learned she won’t be able to return to the classroom next month. “My purpose is to educate. I can’t believe at…

Gradebook podcast: Fighting Amendment 8, with Florida League of Women Voters president Patricia Brigham

2018 Legislative Session, Accountability, Advocacy, Curriculum, Elections, In the News, Legal News, School Boards, School Choice, School Governance

Supporters of Florida Constitution Revision Commission Amendment 8 focus on the part that would create school board term limits, viewing it as a popular idea that could push the proposal to the 60 percent vote needed for passage.  Critics say the measure goes much further, though — with some potentially devastating provisions that could dramatically…