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Nicole Hockley lost her 6-year old son in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting almost three years ago. So she started the Sandy Hook Promise, an organization that works to protect children from gun violence. On Wednesday, Hockley is scheduled to speak at the Miami-Dade County School Board to encourage Florida’s largest school system to…
DetailsTALLAHASSEE — Rejected by Florida lawmakers last spring, Gov. Rick Scott is barnstorming for public support for education programs he wants to revive in next year’s state budget. He’s not alone. Legislators are making their own priority lists of projects that died in 2015 because Scott vetoed them. Scott paid visits Monday to high school…
DetailsOn the heels of a confession by a phony South Florida doctor that he had provided performance-enhancing drugs to high school athletes, Miami-Dade County Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho ordered up a random drug testing program. More than a year after the highly publicized announcement, the program has yet to get off the ground. “We’ve just…
DetailsFloridians long have criticized schools’ use of restraint and seclusion in handling out-of-control students with disabilities. Rule changes have been discussed since 2009, to limited effect despite clear intentions. State Sen. Anitere Flores, a Miami Republican, is ready to try again. Flores has filed SB 452 this week with very direct goals: It would ban all student seclusion,…
DetailsSo many groups have called on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to “pause” the state’s school accountability rules for 2015, it seemed the right time to put the question to him (well, his press office, really). The response: “Governor Scott believes in accountability and results. DOE (Department of Education) will continue to follow the law.” All other questions…
DetailsTwo key Florida civil rights organizations, along with three parent groups, have joined the growing crowd calling for reconsideration of the way the state’s spring test results are used. The NAACP and League of United Latin American Citizens Florida branches, Miami-Dade PTA, Fund Education Now and Parents Across America-Florida sent a letter Wednesday to Gov. Rick…
DetailsState law needs to be changed to make it easier for high schools to crack down on the recruiting of student-athletes, the executive director for the Florida High School Athletic Association told a Senate committee Wednesday. Roger Dearing asked lawmakers to pursue legislation in their 2016 session that would instill harsher penalties for coaches and…
DetailsTALLAHASSEE — Jeb Bush’s signature achievement in education policy as Florida governor may be at risk of coming apart. A champion of what became known as Common Core education standards, Bush pushed a set of high-stakes tests for students and a system of grading schools as the centerpiece of an education agenda that defines much…
DetailsEscambia and Santa Rosa schools superintendents have joined others statewide to oppose using the Florida Standards Assessment to measure teacher performance and school grades. Malcolm Thomas, Escambia County School District superintendent, as well as Tim Wyrosdick with the Santa Rosa School District, said they support accountability but described the 2015 FSA as a very hastily…
DetailsWaking up early on a Saturday. Sharpened No. 2 pencils and a calculator. For teenagers headed to a four-year college, taking a standardized entrance exam such as the ACT and SAT is typically a requirement. But it’s far from a universal experience. In 50 of the largest U.S. cities, examined in a new report from…
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