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Friday, February 7, 2014

2-7-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week

Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education:







The Creepy, Incestuous, Conflicts-of-Interests Involved in Florida’s School Grade System

The editors of the Lakeland Ledger have complete grasp of the timeline of events concerning Florida’s school grade system. They aren’t impressed: After all the changes made to Florida’s school grading system, it’s hard to have a good sense of what grades should be given to schools. The grade that should be given to lawmakers and state officials who developed the system is clear: a big, fat F. T




2-6-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida ALL Week
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Florida’s Race-Based Goals and Test Reliance Slammed in Senate ChamberA remarkable press conference was called by an influential Florida state senator yesterday to highlight contradictions in its accountability system. Bill Cotterell writes in the Florida Current: A stat