Most of Stewart’s Common Core Changes “Just Add Clarity”
Respected conservative education blogger, Shane Vander Hart, doesn’t think much of that changes Florida education commissioner made to Florida’s Common Core Standard and poked holes in the process Stewart and the FLDOE used. The commenting period ordered by Florida Governor Rick Scott ended on 10/31/14. The comments were supposedly evaluated and standards rewritten in 2 1/2 months (over the hol
Florida’s Cut and Paste Education Standards
A cryptic question came from a Common Core supporter today during the FLDOE’s workshop to explain Florida’s standards which we told are “truly our own.” Kathleen McGrory of the Miami Herald reports for the Times/Herald Tallahasee Bureau: Only a handful of people asked questions during Tuesday morning’s workshop on the proposed revisions to the Common Core State Standards. One question was technica
Michelle Rhee’s Florida Rep Says No Parent Trigger This Year
From Gradebook’s Jeff Solochek: A national advocacy group that in recent years has pressured Florida lawmakers to adopt the controversial “parent trigger” school takeover plan will not push that initiative again in 2014. Instead, StudentsFirst will spend its political capital urging the Legislature to improve the state’s financial reporting so that families can see clearly how spending is tied to
1-13-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Skepticism in the Florida Senate on Common Core Roll-OutPam Stewart will be back at the legislature to deliver Florida’s own set of Common Core Standards, but it’s quite clear that senators on both sides of the aisle are skeptical of her being able to deliver on the enti