FSBA #FridayFive – 5 Things You Should Know National research on teacher job satisfaction Integrating bees into the school curriculum Amazon enters into education marketplace Texas district hires high school students to teach the teachers about tech State Schools Chiefs concerned about ESSA implementation
Five things you need to know: Is handwriting still relevant How do Florida children rank on the Kids Count index? Nationwide survey of homeless students More research connects marijuana use with lower academic functioning Higher expectations for kindergarteners
Today’s Friday Five are five reasons your membership in FSBA is valuable: 1. Full time staff on call to answer all of your questions, all of the time 2. 125+ years of experience in Florida school board issues and challenges 3. Transparency with membership, meetings, budgets, and legislative priorities 4. Transparency with bylaws and policies…
Five things you should know: State BOE Vice Chair calls for Computer Science to be front and center Students from military families to be monitored Gain a better understanding of how non-college goers fared in the years after graduation ESSA’s supplement vs. supplant firestorm “Final Straw” stressors associated with teen suicide identified in new survey
Five things you should know: Please tell me you watched The Bee Report: Progress and Challenge in Raising High School Graduation Rates “Maker Faires” are important for kids for their hands on experiences Monday’s nationwide bomb threats may have been swatting 11 states sue over Obama’s bathroom directive
#FridayFive – Five things in education news that you should know 1st ever nation’s report card for Technology and Engineering Literacy Therapy dogs encourage students to learn to read Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends report out Data dashboard for accountability instead of A-F grade? Should coding and computational thought be part of k-12 curriculae?
#FridayFive – Five things you should know Strength of the Florida pension system A call for presidential nominees to debate Common Core Harvard report analyzes educational outcomes for men of color Already controversy on new SAT scoring Many young high school graduates are unemployed
Latest numbers out for education statistics Education Commission of the States report on teacher shortages Center for Public Education’s report on teacher shortages A Policymaker’s Guide to Improving School Leadership ED received a record number of Civil Rights complaints last year
#FridayFive – Week of April 25, 2016 Telecom companies’ financial decisions leave some schools without internet Simpson’s paradox and this year’s NAEP scores 90% of parents think their children are at or above grade level Tennessee cancels testing after vendor fails to deliver Lots of success stories in public schools
1. ESSA Rulemaking continues 2. Classrooms should be places that are more hospitable and effective — and even joyful 3. On arming teachers 4. NY may use student SAT scores to evaluate principals 5. Do your teachers kahoot?