Nelson Concedes, Scott Wins Florida Senate Race
Three-term Senator Bill Nelson is conceding defeat to Republican Governor Rick Scott in the race for U.S. Senate. All of Florida’s 67 counties submitted final vote tallies to Tallahassee at noon on Sunday. Read More
DeSantis wins Florida gubernatorial race as Gillum concedes
Andrew Gillum, the Florida Democratic Party’s first African-American candidate for governor, officially called it quits Saturday and congratulated Republican Ron DeSantis as the governor-elect of Florida. Read More
Florida still failing kids with serious mental illness — 9 months after Parkland
Nine months after a mass school shooting in Parkland left 17 dead, an I-Team investigation found Florida still failing kids with serious mental illness – a broken system that top law enforcement bosses say is a threat to public safety. Read More
Friday Five – 11/16/2018
Each week, Executive Director Andrea Messina selects 5 Things You Should Know in education news. Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. To learn, students need to DO something (why engagement matters): Read about it How to identify and promote credentials of value: Read about it Will robots replace teachers in the future? Read about it School leadership: […]
Florida voters are saying yes when school districts ask for more money. Is that a good thing?
Hillsborough County school superintendent Jeff Eakins takes a clear message from last week’s election, which saw many Floridians vote to tax themselves more to help public schools meet rising costs. People see the challenges firsthand and “they know they want better,” he said, referring to tax referendums that won approval in Hillsborough and seven other […]
*PRESS RELEASE* Historic Voter Turnout in Florida Demonstrates Strong Support for Public Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, November 9, 2018 CONTACT BillieAnne Gay, gay@fsba.org, 850.528.9104 Historic Voter Turnout in Florida Demonstrates Strong Support for Public Schools Tallahassee, FL – Florida experienced historic voter turnout with over 7 million Floridians casting their vote in the 2018 General Election on November 6. The 2018 election cycle has illustrated the public’s […]
Florida Supreme Court considers education funding challenge
Florida’s Supreme Court justices gave just a few hints Thursday of how they’re thinking about a 9-year-old case that contends, essentially, that the Legislature has shortchanged some students in the state’s public education system. The case, Citizens for Strong Schools vs. Florida Board of Education, focuses on the Florida constitution’s mandate that the state has a “paramount […]
Friday Five – 11/9/2018
Each week, Executive Director Andrea Messina selects 5 Things You Should Know in education news. Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. Florida TaxWatch has prepared a handbook for the newly elected Governor to help guide his transition. You should read it: Full Article School Bus Drivers can play a role in combating human trafficking: Full Article […]
Recounts loom larger, legal action begins as margins tighten in key Florida races
As the Senate race between Gov. Rick Scott and Sen. Bill Nelson appears headed to a statewide recount, both candidates are mobilizing teams of lawyers and legal skirmishes are well underway. Thursday dawned with Scott leading Nelson by just more than one-fourth of a percentage point. The candidates for agriculture commissioner are much closer, divided […]
Facing national microscope again, Florida braces for several recounts
Florida’s chief legal officer, Secretary of State Ken Detzner, told county election supervisors Thursday to plan for statewide recounts and for extraordinary public and media scrutiny in the state with the singular status of unusually close elections. Read More
No issue is more important to Florida’s future than education, influencers say
The key to solving the wide array of policy challenges facing Florida starts with one thing: education. That was the takeaway from the final 2018 survey of the Florida Influencers, a group of 50 leaders from across the state. Asked to rank five issues by order of importance to Florida’s future — education, the environment, […]
St. Johns County schools already getting tips through FortifyFL app
A new app designed to keep students safe in school by letting them submit anonymous tips about suspicious activity is already getting results in Northeast Florida. FortifyFL was created by Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Department of Education in response to the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman […]
Friday Five – 11/2/2018
Each week, Executive Director Andrea Messina selects 5 Things You Should Know in education news. Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. American Psychological Association’s annual measure of attitudes and perceptions of stress for 18 to 21 year old adults in US: Learn more Teens are cyber-bullying THEMSELVES. Why? Learn more A new spin on teacher “value add”: Learn more The future […]
Nelson, Rubio press FEMA to improve hurricane response
Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio are not happy with FEMA, saying the agency needs to do a better job helping Florida residents displaced by Hurricane Irma find rental housing. They say people are also waiting up to four hours on the phone to speak with someone at FEMA. Read More
FSBA Friday Five – 10-26-2018
Each week, Executive Director Andrea Messina selects 5 Things You Should Know in education news. Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. In Italy, crafters and artisans may be more in demand than engineers: Learn more Using data to foster engagement: Learn more Coke sponsors tech and engineering programs: Learn more How a classroom snowball toss opens dialogue: […]
After the Hurricane, a Superintendent Picks Up the Pieces
Jim Norton picked his way through the damp floor at Wewahitchka High School, where Hurricane Michael’s winds had spirited away part of the school’s roof, leaving behind exposed wires, a mushy mix of white ceiling tiles on the dark carpet, and a clear view of the sky above. Read More
The Full Measure of a Teacher
When students look back on their most important teachers, the social aspects of their education are often what they recall. Learning to set goals, take risks and responsibility, or simply believe in oneself are often fodder for fond thanks—alongside mastering pre-calculus, becoming a critical reader, or remembering the capital of Turkmenistan. Read More
Hurricanes Deal Deep Blow to Schools’ Finances
Getting back to normal after a devastating hurricane is long, arduous, and expensive for schools. In Florida’s Panhandle, education leaders have started the strenuous work of cleaning up and repairing schools ravaged by Hurricane Michael earlier this month, but they are also running into a longer-term problem: steep cost estimates that could lead to mounting […]
Why Principals Need to Make Student Mental Health a Priority
Within the first eight days of school this year, three students in a suburban district East of Los Angeles killed themselves. None of the deaths were related—the students had been from different schools, in different grades, and didn’t appear to know one another. But the quick succession of suicides left the community reeling. Read More
FSBA Friday Five – 10-19-2018
Each week, Executive Director Andrea Messina selects 5 Things You Should Know in education news. Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. Education Week special report: Principals Under Pressure Strategies for mastering the toughest job in schools: Learn more Apprenticeships are effective and serve as key element in helping student acquire skills needed to be successful: Learn more […]