Florida School Boards Association
Florida School Boards Association
As one of Stephen Colbert’s first Late Show guests this week, presidential candidate Jeb Bush invoked the now-familiar story of how he reformed education in Florida. “The government plays a useful role, but it ought to be reformed,” Bush told his host. “That’s why when I was governor of the state of Florida, I turned…
DetailsTAMPA — Robin DeVault’s 15-year-old daughter knew there were problems with the Florida Standards Assessment the second she saw the test. “She was quite upset. She got in the car and said, ‘Mom, that was an epic fail,’” said DeVault, president of the Hillsborough County Council PTA. “You don’t want to hold students and teachers…
DetailsThe Florida Legislature is anticipating a $635 million budget surplus in 2016, money that some state lawmakers are already hinting will go towards more tax cuts and education funding, among other things. The budget projection comes just a week before legislators return to Tallahassee to begin early work in preparation for the next regular legislative…
DetailsThe rollout of Florida’s standardized tests was so hampered by glitches that students “shut down” after having their answers lost over and over again, and others may have accidentally gotten a peek at questions a day before they had to answer them. A recently released survey of Florida school districts that use the controversial Florida…
DetailsThe charter school movement has been expelled from Washington state’s public education system, with a Supreme Court ruling late Friday that the privately run schools are not public schools under the state’s constitution. Meanwhile, the quick fix for that sizable hurdle sought by the state’s charter school proponents—a special legislative session—does not appear likely because Washington’s public education…
DetailsIssue Brief: Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Issue Brief: Charter School Capital Outlay Funding (2012)
https://fsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Charter_Schools_Fast_Facts.pdf
If you want to weigh in on how Florida should score its new standardized tests, you can show up at any of three public hearings or join an online “webinar” next week. All the meetings — hosted by the Florida Department of Education — will focus on how to score the new Florida Standards Assessments,…
DetailsRecent headlines about the discovery of head lice that are resistant to over-the-counter treatments have stirred up fears in many parents that the tedious task of ridding their children’s hair of the tiny pests may now be even more difficult. Perhaps intensifying their concerns, many news media outlets have dubbed the new strain of insects…
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