Florida roundup: More PIRLS, more Tony Bennett, more testing and vouchers
Basking in the glow. Interim education commissioner Pam Stewart touts the PIRLS results on CNN. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan...
Read More >Tony Bennett, Florida's new education chief, on testing, teacher evals and school choice as social justice
Within minutes of his selection as Florida’s next education commissioner this morning, Tony Bennett was in the midst of his...
Read More >Tony Bennett is Florida's new education commissioner
He’s in. Tony Bennett, the hard-charging Hoosier with a rock-star rep, is the new face of Florida’s school system and...
Read More >Florida roundup: FCAT, vouchers, charters, no more Flori-duh & more
On top of the world. Gov. Rick Scott calls the PIRLS results (an international assessment that shows Florida fourth-graders are second...
Read More >Report: Miami-Dade school district No. 10 in nation for school choice
The Miami-Dade school districts ranks No. 10 among school districts nationwide in providing a wide array of school choice options for its students, according to...
Read More >Florida roundup: Crist on vouchers, second to Hong Kong, school funding for poverty & more
More Crist on vouchers: Charlie Crist on “Hardball” last night: MSNBC host Chris Matthews warned Crist that there was a...
Read More >New group aims to create pipeline of black school leaders, entrepreneurs in Florida
In an effort aimed at boosting black student achievement, a new group is forming in Florida to develop a cadre of...
Read More >Florida roundup: Where’s the money, teacher turnover, grad rates and more
Financial irregularities. Eighty-five percent of district schools in Palm Beach County show financial irregularities, an audit finds, with some cases...
Read More >'Where was (Sal Khan) when I was in school?'
Fox 13, a TV station in Tampa, Fla., did a nice piece this week about a unique partnership that shows...
Read More >Florida roundup: Teacher evals, vocabulary gaps, ed reform pileup & more
More on teacher evaluations. Problems with teacher evaluation data this week are the latest in a string of mistakes involving...
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