Miami – Dade Superintendent: “Thanking, Not Ranking a Teacher”
Amidst a Mary McGrory FCAT rankings piece in the Miami Herald was this takeaway in a quote from Miami-Dade County superintendent Alberto Carvalho:
Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said he took pride in the district’s accomplishments, but contended that “overall rankings provide an overly simplistic view of academic success.”
Carvalho added: “Thanking, not ranking, a teacher in Miami is in order.”
While Carvalho’s not alone among Florida educators whom have been critical of the Rick Scott’s FCAT rankings