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• Class size compliance could be tricky this school-year, commissioner says

  
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  Florida school districts are worried -- make that very worried -- about complying with the states class-size law next year, when there will be a head count in every "core" classroom. The Central Florida Public School Boards Coalition is even...
  2 days ago

• Districts Web sites should be more "transparent," says non-profit group

  
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  Central Florida school districts need to do a better job keeping the public informed via their Web sites, says a non-profit group that rates government Web sites. Most local districts earned a B-minus in “transparency” on a report card called...
  3 days ago

• Florida hopes for $500 million in Race to the Top funds, Gov says

  
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  Florida has "innovative" educational practices and believes that will help it win a good chunk of the federal governments new Race to the Top grant, Gov. Charlie Crist said this morning. "It could be as much as half a billion...
  3 days ago

• "We have to be concerned about our graduation requirements"

  
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  Education Commissioner Eric Smith said at meetings both yesterday and today that he felt the states high school graduation standards were too low. "You can graduate from high school in Florida, and successfully, and the first course you take in...
  3 days ago

• More of Floridas Race to the Top ideas: teacher raises tied to student performance, end-of-course exams, longer school days, more Pre-K

  
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  As we reported yesterday, Florida is looking at ways to increase standards for those who want to enter the teaching profession and to judge state teacher preparation programs. These efforts are detailed in a draft report that highlights some of...
  3 days ago

• Should state ban all but "healthy" drinks from public schools? State Board member says Yes

  
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  State Board of Education member John Padget (the same person who wants to revamp school grades) said this afternoon that he thinks the state should look at removing all but "healthy" drinks from its public schools. He wants the board...
  4 days ago

• Revisit school grading for elementary and middle schools, State Board member says

  
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  The state revamped its high school grading system this year (with the first batch of new grades due out next year). Now it may well be time to rethink how Florida grades its elementary and middle schools, too, said State...
  4 days ago

• Florida schools earn C on new "educational innovation" report card

  
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  A new study that argues U.S. school systems are "archaic and broken" and need "far-reaching innovation" gave Florida a C for how well it achieved this culture of reform. The "leaders and laggards" study looked not at current academic results...
  6 days ago

• More on ACLU lawsuit over Floridas low graduation rate

  
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  As we reported yesterday, the lawsuit focuses on Palm Beach County schools (the Palm Beach Post reports on it here), but the ACLU says Palm Beach is an example of a national problem, not an isolated case. The problem, the...
  1 week ago

• ACLU tries again, files lawsuit over Floridas low high-school graduation rates (focused on Palm Beach County schools)

  
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  The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit against the state, charging it provided an "inadequate" education to Palm Beach County students, particularly black and Hispanic youngsters. The class-action lawsuit argues that the districts low graduation rate is proof...
  1 week ago

• High school exit exams (like Floridas FCAT) becoming more popular, report says

  
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  High school exit exams -- tests students must pass to earn a diploma -- have become more popular nationwide, with 24 states now requiring these high-stakes tests and two more adding them next year, according to a new report released...
  1 week ago

• Federal stimulus money saved 18,042 Florida education jobs, reports says (and created nearly 3,000 new ones)

  
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  A report released today says federal stimulus money saved 18,042 education jobs in Florida and created 2,934 new ones. Extra helpings of Title 1 and IDEA money (meant to help poor children and students with disabilities, respectively) created and saved...
  1 week ago

• Floridas DOE responds to Fordham study

  
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  I reported yesterday that Fordham Universitys Center on Law and Information Policy released a study that said many districts collect too much student information and fail to keep it safe. In Floridas case, researchers recognized the DOEs attempt at privacy....
  2 weeks ago

• Florida has tougher test standards than many other states (but not so tough by NAEP yardstick)

  
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  Florida has stricter standards than many other states when it comes to standardized reading and math exams, though it is not the most demanding -- and perhaps not demanding enough, according to a new federal study. The study by the...
  2 weeks ago

• Is Differentiated Accountability driving teachers nuts?

  
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  Floridas newest school accountability system has an awkward name -- lets be honest, Differentiated Accountability doesnt roll off anyones tongue -- and, apparently, an already not-so-hot reputation. The new system, imposed statewide this school year, combines Floridas A-to-F school grading...
  2 weeks ago

• National study says states collect too much student data and fail to keep it safe

  
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  Fordham Universitys Center on Law and Information Policy says that state departments of education collect far too much student information, and fail to keep it safe. The nationwide movement to create a uniform data collection system -- to measure student...
  2 weeks ago

• English-learning students do better in H.S., if theyre in mainstream classes by 8th grade, study says

  
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  Students still learning English are more likely to stay in school, pass the state graduation test and even take Advanced Placement courses, if theyve made the switch to mainstream classes by 8th grade (and by 5th grade is better). That...
  2 weeks ago

• Maybe the best teachers should teach more kids

  
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  Heres a teacher-quality-related idea that might crash up against Floridas class-size amendment but could dovetail with its efforts to expand virtual schooling. The group Public Impact says in this new report that instead of trying to boost the ranks of top teachers by doing more to recruit, train and retain,maybe ...
  2 weeks ago

• Elementary P.E.: Did you opt your kid out? Did you know you could?

  
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  A law passed in 2008 by the Florida Legislature was designed to add more P.E. to Floridas middle schools. But it provided an opt-out clause that parents could invoke, if they didnt want their child taking the class. The opt-out...
  2 weeks ago

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