FSBA Session Spotlight – Monday, January 13, Schedule, Updates

Tallahassee – The Legislature will take up several education-related bills on Monday, January 13, covering teacher pay, panic buttons, discretionary sales tax and more. The Florida Education Association is also hosting a “Rally in Tally” convening teachers and public education supporters on Monday. We will keep the updates on bill movement and Tallahassee happenings coming…

FSBA Friday Five – Welcome 2020!

FSBA Friday Five – Executive Director Andrea Messina’s top 5 picks of education news Holidays are for counting/arithmetic progressions about in holiday symbols National Institute on Drug Abuse report continues to raise alarms How Black Girls Code went from basement experiment to international movement World’s 25 largest lakes, side by side (visual) Understanding Gen Z,…

FSBA Friday Five – December 27, 2019

FSBA Friday Five – Executive Director Andrea Messina’s top 5 picks in education news New Year’s resolutions for kids Why kids need meaningful family traditions Knitting is coding and yarn is a programmable material Science:  visualizing the speed of light Impact of surviving a crisis event on student mental health:  Antidepressant use increases

FSBA Friday Five – December 20, 2019

FSBA Friday Five – Executive Director Andrea Messina’s top 5 picks of education news 9 Winter holidays around the world Students use computer coding skills to remix songs What is Chair of Florida House Prek-12 Approps Subcommittee saying about teacher pay, school security, and more? What might modern civics education look like? What is this…

Teacher bonus repeal, stalled in House, teed up for first Senate panel

Repeal of a controversial teacher bonus program is on a Senate committee agenda Monday.  SB 486, filed by Sen. Rob Bradley, would repeal the teacher bonus program known as “Best and the Brightest.”  The bill, to be considered by the Education Committee, would fully remove the sections of Florida law defining the program and strike it out…