Nearly 9,000 young people were arrested last year in Florida instead of being issued a civil citation and released, even though they qualified for the lesser punishment. About half of all the juvenile offenders who qualified for civil citations statewide did not receive them, according to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, and the use…
The lawmakers’ legislation is HB 773 / SB 926, identical bills that would among other things study whether the SAT and ACT tests align with state math and language arts standards to possibly replace some Florida Standards Assessments. It also would mandate that most state testing take place “no earlier than the last three weeks…
FSBA #FridayFive – 5 Things You Should Know Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. Newly confirmed, Education Secretary DeVos calls for “common ground” How Google’s classroom platform is being used Voluntary Saturday school 7 trends in personalized learning Cutting edge trends in high schools
Final Senate vote on DeVos expected early next week “IT” is out, “DIGITAL COHESION” is in Art class or tech class? Why not both at the same time? Does using social media slang affect learning? Teacher quality report criticizes lax or absent use of student growth measures
FSBA #FridayFive – 5 Things You Should Know Each week, Executive Director, Andrea Messina, picks five of the top education news pieces to share with members. Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. Using the election as a real world teaching tool As more control over education returns to local level, Organizations rally to help states…
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#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
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…
Education funding trial began this week: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Failing-grade-Trial-over-Florida-s-schools-6889498.php Prayer at School Board Meetings issue now in U.S. District Court of Appeals: http://www.dailybulletin.com/social-affairs/20160304/chino-valley-unified-to-appeal-ruling-on-praying Concerns raised about school mock elections this year: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/farina-worried-bullying-schools-hold-mock-election-article-1.2567081 John B. King confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Education: http://time.com/4258604/senate-confirm-education-secretary/ Teen inventors from Intel’s Science Talent Search: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/03/16/meet-the-teen-who-just-won-150000-for-inventing-a-device-to-diagnose-lung-disease/