Appeals Committee Turns Down MacDill Charter Schools USA Facility – Will State Board Overrule?
If history is any indicator they will. From Sherri Ackerman in redefinED: A charter school sought by MacDill Air Force Base in Florida has lost the first round of an appeals process. The Florida Charter School Appeal Commission on Monday sided with the Hillsborough County School District, which had denied an application for the proposed school. The case will now go before the state Board of Educat
Anti-Common Core Bill Now Has Sponsor in Florida Senate
Northwest Florida Sen. Greg Evers (R-Milton) filed a senate version today of Rep. Debbie Mayfield (R-Vero Beach) bill which prohibits the state BOE from implement Common Core Standards. From Jeff Solochek in Gradebook: A week after the Florida Board of Education affirmed the state’s commitment to the Common Core State Standards, a state senator has submitted legislation aiming to stop the standa
Has Top FLDOE Numbers Cruncher Changed Her Tune On VAM?
The Florida Department of Education vigorously opposed the release of controversial VAM data. FlaglerLive quotes chief of staff Kathy Hebda on the release: Monday, the Department of Education released masses of data in compliance with the court order, but it did so under protest. “Because these data are intended to be used in conjunction with other information about classroom practice to form a co
Key Florida Republican Superintendent Throws Cold Water On VAM
Pasco superintendent of schools is no ordinary superintendent. An elected official, Kurt Browning was Charlie Crist’s Secretary of State and was reappointed to the same position by Rick Scott before resigning to run for Pasco superintendent in 2012. He once served on a Jeb Bush task force while serving as Pasco supervisor of elections. Yesterday, he told Pasco county taxpayers to be cautious in ma
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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: VAM Part of the “Systemic Dismantling of a Teachers Worth”The fall-out over the court-ordered release of VAM scores belonging to Florida teachers is just beginning. Joseph E. Joyner, the superintendent of schools in St. Johns County where the state’s best VAM scores came