One Florida Education Foundation Consortiums Advocates for Common Core, While the Other Doesn’t
Tampa Bay Times reporter Jeff Solochek was unable to hide his skepticism in this Gradebook post on today’s release addressing Common Core from the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations: The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (CFEF) has issued a white paper aimed at reminding Floridians why the state adopted the Common Core State Standards and debunking some of the “myths” associated
High-Stakes Tests, English Language Learners and Florida Voucher Expansion
Tampa Tribune reporter Anastasia Dawson is emerging as one of Florida’s top education reporters. Even though FCAT was administered for the last time in March, Dawson writes how one vulnerable group still stands to be imperiled by the state’s end-all mandate of one high-stakes test. ST. PETERSBURG — When Rami Abraham came to the U.S. from Syria in 2007, he was looking to turn his life around, grad
5-24-14 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:Scathing Purple Musings Color me purple in Florida ALL WeekHow Vouchers Killed Education Accountability for Florida TaxpayersWrites Scott Maxwell in the Orlando Sentinel: “The Return of the Living Dead” was a hoot. “Shaun of the Dead” and “Zombieland” perfected the conce
