Yoldine Nicoleau stuffed a strawberry into a Ziploc bag and smashed it to a pulp. As about 20 other girls joined in, the science lab quickly filled with the sweet smell of fresh fruit and the sound of fists pounding on tables. This is what it takes to extract DNA from grocery store items. It’s also…
DetailsA gun has been fired on campus nearly once a week since Sandy Hook. Now, the expectancy of the next school shooting feels commonplace, prompting Congresswoman Gwen Graham to introduce new legislation that will help teachers respond quickly to threats with the use of technology. The “Securing Our Schools Act” allows the Justice Department to award districts…
DetailsLake County School Board members and district officials are troubled by a new Florida Department of Education grading formula that changes year to year and randomly moves the achievement bar so no one has a clear understanding of the expectations of the state. Read full article
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FSBA #FridayFive – 5 Things You Should Know Each week, Executive Director, Andrea Messina, compiles a top 5 list of news stories that School Board Members should know about: Website Development School To Open In Wyoming More states sue over transgender bathroom directive Florida parents crowd funding fight against third grade retention What’s good in public…
DetailsA longtime children’s advocate is leading a campaign to lower the voting age for school board and superintendent elections from 18 to 16. Jack Levine, founder of the 4Generations Institute and former 25-year president of Voices for Florida’s Children, sees youth voting as an emerging civil rights issue. So he wants to stimulate the movement…
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ORLANDO, Fla. – On Thursday Gov. Rick Scott and First Lady Ann Scott announced Jessica Solano, a math teacher at Highlands Grove Elementary School in Polk County, as the 2017 Florida Department of Education and Macy’s Teacher of the Year. Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart and Dennis Witte, Macy’s Executive Vice President Regional Director of…
DetailsBy Moriah Balingit July 8 Ten additional states are suing the Obama administration to stop a directive that requires schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms aligned with their gender identity under the threat of losing federal funding, bringing the total number of states challenging the guidance to 21. Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson…
DetailsFT. 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…
DetailsAnnual school grades were just part of the latest data released Friday by the Florida Department of Education Less noticed, but also with their own impact, school districts grades came out, along with the list of lowest performing elementary schools. Those schools have to offer an extra hour of daily reading instruction. More than half…
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FSBA #FridayFive – 5 Things You Should Know Getting America’s Missing Students Back to Class – Bloomberg View Amazon Jumps into Digital Ed Resource Business; Starts with OER — THE Journal Senators press Obama education chief on reforms | TheHill Librarians fear for what’s being lost as they transition – Washington Times Education Department Continues…
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