Is Merit Pay Dead in Florida?
The indispensable John O’Connor of StateImpact has a preview of the upcoming legislative session. Here’s what he writes about teacher evaluations and merit pay: The Student Success Act requires school districts begin paying teachers based on their evaluations starting this year. The evaluations are a combination of student test scores, observations and other factors chosen by each school district.
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Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Florida’s School Grade Chaos: “Raising the Bar” Became “Moving the Bar After Everyone Jumped”Is anyone really surprised to see the Miami Herald has another story about Florida’s school grades with ”confused parents” and the “credibility gap facing Florida education leade