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Florida education department officials are taking steps to bolster the state-funded Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) program and turn it into the “truly really desired option” for early education, just two months after Gov. Ron DeSantis decried low readiness levels of children emerging from the system. Read More
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DetailsThe Florida Board of Education has its first new chairman in four years, with the appointment of Highlands County citrus farmer Andy Tuck. Tuck, appointed to a second term on the board in early 2018, replaces Marva Johnson of Winter Garden, who held the post since 2015 and was barred from continuing as chair. Read…
DetailsThe field of computer science offers plenty of well-paying jobs, but less than 1 percent of the undergraduates enrolled in Florida’s universities earned degrees in that major last year. State leaders hope a new $10 million investment to train more computer science teachers — the largest in the nation — and new flexibility in course…
DetailsPublic schools will be required to teach students at least five hours of mental health instruction beginning in sixth grade, under a mandate approved by the state Board of Education Wednesday and hailed by Florida’s top educator as a “life saver.” Read More
DetailsOver six weeks, the vandals kept coming, knocking the school system’s network offline several times a day.There was no breach of sensitive data files, but the attacks in which somebody deliberately overwhelmed the Avon Public Schools system in Connecticut still proved costly. Classroom lesson plans built around access to the internet had come to a…
DetailsReal estate agents, teachers’ spouses, homebuilders and parents joined educators this week in perusing the school grades released by the Florida Department of Education. The annual grading of schools sends ripple effects throughout the state, impacting home values, teacher bonuses, the value of land and where parents opt to send their children to school. Read…
DetailsThe FSBA Friday Five – 5 Things You Should Know in Education News Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. Move over–A hipper, more accessible Bill Nye for the digital generation Are there changes coming in classroom design? Can every administrator in your district still teach a class? Should they? When real learning happens in the brain, according…
DetailsIn support of the recommendations from the Federal Commission on School Safety’s (FCSS) final report, the U.S. Department of Education announced today it is now accepting applications for three fiscal year 2019 grant competitions that support locally tailored approaches to school safety. Read More
DetailsThe FSBA Friday Five – 5 Things You Should Know in Education News Read. Learn. Share. Retweet. This is COOL—periodic table designs you’ve never seen Teaching and Learning International Survey latest results released New resource explores the role of arts education in learning outcomes Partnership between United Way and school district brings resource hubs to…
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