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Outgoing Seminole County Superintendent Blasts Legislature, Florida’s Ed Accountability System | Scathing Purple Musings

Outgoing Seminole County Superintendent Blasts Legislature, Florida’s Ed Accountability System | Scathing Purple Musings:


Outgoing Seminole County Superintendent Blasts Legislature, Florida’s Ed Accountability System

Telling the Orlando Sentinel that “we have an accountability system that is going to fall apart like a house of cards,” retiring Seminole superintendent of schools Bill Vogel  criticized state leaders for “making up the rules as they go along” without listening to educators.
Yowza.
Vogel, superintendent of Seminole County schools, has a reputation as a vocal leader in public education — and he has been speaking even more forcefully as he heads toward retirement at the end of the month.
Over-testing; a misguided teacher-evaluation system; inadequate funding; charter schools; and the