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Three hundred fifty high schoolers signed up to vote through the voter registration challenge sponsored by the Leon County School board and Supervisor of Elections. The challenge had Chiles and Godby high schools facing off to see which school could get the most new registrants. Godby students created a buzz by making register to vote…
TAMPA — On April 14, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law an education bill that, in part, established changes to the present structure of the Florida High School Athletic Association, forcing the organization to allow schools to opt-in to membership on a per-sport basis. Now the FHSAA — which has been in charge of high…
Administrators heralded success “recruiting back” students to district schools during Tuesday’s board meeting. At least 500 students have returned to the district since it created “Charter Choice” in 2012, said Assistant Superintendent Michelle Gayle. The funding followed these students, too, Gayle said — “restoring” almost $2 million to Leon County Schools. Charter Choice is a program that aims…
TALLAHASSEE – How Florida gives state money to organizations that provide after-school care, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Boys & Girls Clubs, won’t change anytime soon. The 2016-17 budget that Gov. Rick Scott signed Thursday maintains a decades-old funding structure that designates money to a handful of prominent organizations — which means an…
Sorry, recess moms. The push to mandate 20 minutes of daily recess in Florida’s elementary schools, which passed three House committees without opposition, won’t be heard by the Senate Education Committee this session. “I am not going to put it on the agenda,” committee chairman Sen. John Legg told the Gradebook. “It doesn’t merit a Tallahassee solution.”…
Remember the first time Florida issued school grades? It was back in the late 1990s, and they came across as a novel way to quickly show whether a school was performing well or badly. The state based the A-through-F marks on simple performance, and handed out money to schools that had top results. The concept…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida is finally releasing school grades based on tests given nearly a year ago. The Florida Department of Education on Friday issued grades for schools that are linked to the state’s new high-stakes test. The Florida Standards Assessment is based primarily on Common Core standards. The preliminary grades given out for…
A proposed new rule aimed at expanding access to gifted education in Florida has gifted advocates worried that funding for the program is in jeopardy. Much of the rule, titled Special Instructional Programs for Students who are Gifted, focuses on how to get more children identified and placed into advanced instruction. Within the proposal, though, gifted…
Signs hang in Santa Rosa County School District classrooms that tell students of their right to refuse to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Those signs will soon wind up in trash cans if the Florida state Legislature approves House Bill 1403 and its Senate companion – S.B. 1600. Read full article
A plan to let Florida school districts and parents choose alternative tests in lieu of the controversial statewide assessments cleared its first Senate committee on Wednesday with strong bipartisan support. But the state’s top education official has voiced resistance to the idea, its chances appear bleak at getting heard in the Florida House and critics who oppose Common Core standards and high-stakes…