School grades send ripple effect through state

Real estate agents, teachers’ spouses, homebuilders and parents joined educators this week in perusing the school grades released by the Florida Department of Education.  The annual grading of schools sends ripple effects throughout the state, impacting home values, teacher bonuses, the value of land and where parents opt to send their children to school. Read…

FSBA Friday Five – July 5, 2019

The FSBA Friday Five – 5 Things You Should Know in Education News Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. Move over–A hipper, more accessible Bill Nye for the digital generation Are there changes coming in classroom design? Can every administrator in your district still teach a class?  Should they? When real learning happens in the brain, according…

FSBA Friday 5 – June 28, 2019

The FSBA Friday Five – 5 Things You Should Know in Education News Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. This is COOL—periodic table designs you’ve never seen Teaching and Learning International Survey latest results released New resource explores the role of arts education in learning outcomes Partnership between United Way and school district brings resource hubs to…

Hard-Hit Florida School District Awarded More Than $1.25 Million for Hurricane Michael Recovery Efforts

Following the major devastation caused by Hurricane Michael across the Florida Panhandle, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today a $1.25 million Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant award for Bay District Schools. According to local school officials, the funding will be used to provide students with much needed mental health services.…

FSBA Friday Five – June 21, 2019

5 Things You Should Know in Education News Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. 2019 KidsCount data book now available Automation and artificial intelligence. What’s in store? Surprise! US teachers are overworked and underappreciated Teen suicides on increase, especially for boys School gardens bring science to life

Secretary DeVos: Final “Supplement, not Supplant” Guidance Helps Promote Effective Spending, Flexibility

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released final non-regulatory guidance to support school districts’ compliance with the requirement that federal funds supplement, and do not supplant, state and local funds, under section 1118 of Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).…