Okaloosa County hospitals get Business Recognition Award from Florida Department of Education

FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – The Florida Commissioner of Education recognized two hospitals in Okaloosa County for their contributions to the school district’s science, technology, electronics, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) programs. Okaloosa School District Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson presented a plaque to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center and Twin Cities Hospital representatives on behalf…

FSBA #FridayFive – Week of May 31, 2016

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

FSBA #FridayFive – Week of May 16, 2016

#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? 

Florida Senate considers computer coding as a foreign language for high school students

TALLAHASSEE — A controversial plan from a Broward County Democrat to require high schools to offer computer coding courses and let students count them toward foreign language requirements was heralded Thursday as “novel,” “innovative” and “forward-thinking.” But some members of the Florida Senate, as well as some local school district administrators, question how costly the…

Stuck with huge bills for Internet service that barely works, Calhoun County schools have missed out on the digital revolution.

Here in the tiny town of Vardaman, everything moves slowly. Especially the Internet at the local high school. The trouble begins early each morning. Teachers sweet-talk their computers while trying to load the school’s online attendance system. A few get lucky. The rest shake their heads, write the names of absent children on a sheet…