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		<title>Teacher Training Programs Grapple With Recruitment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daytona State College]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nova Southeastern University]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s note: This post was authored by Sarah Butrymowicz with The Hechinger Report. Somewhere midway through his sophomore year of college at Florida Atlantic University, Christopher Clevenger started to question his aeronautical engineering major. He liked the coursework, and was doing well at it, but when he thought about his job prospects, the future seemed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Plans Increased Scrutiny For Education Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: This post was authored by Sarah Butrymowicz with The Hechinger Report. Lee-Anne Spalding’s Elementary School Social Studies class at the University of Central Florida had spread out over the room in small groups. One group of sophomore college students huddled over a set of poetry books, picking out ones they liked. Others gathered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What The Florida Teacher Evaluation Lawsuit Could Mean For Other States</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2013/05/15/what-the-florida-teacher-evaluation-lawsuit-could-mean-for-other-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Florida Education Association&#8217;s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state&#8217;s test-based teacher evaluations &#8212; if successful &#8212; could become a model for teacher&#8217;s union across the country, Governing magazine reports. And over at the Quick and the Ed, labor attorney Danny Rosenthal argues the FEA normally would have a difficult time proving the government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Teachers Will Attend Summer Camp For Common Core Standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida teachers and school administrators will get help this summer understanding how to implement Common Core State Standards. The new standards are designed to make sure high school graduates are adequately prepared for college or the workforce. The standards are based on international benchmarks at each grade level. Common Core assessments will be given at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bennett Says State Leaders Are Listening To Complaints About Teacher Evaluations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett says state leaders and lawmakers are listening to teacher concerns about evaluations. The Florida Education Association is suing Bennett, the Department of Education, and a few school districts over teacher evaluations. The union believes a 2011 law requiring teacher evaluations violates the equal protection and due process rights of school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FEA President Wants More Teacher Input And Less Testing Tied To Common Core</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2013/04/18/fea-president-wants-more-teacher-input-and-less-testing-tied-to-common-core/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most states are moving toward Common Core State Standards – a new way of teaching that dives deeper into fewer topics. That means new assessments are on the way. Florida is phasing out most of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. The new PARCC assessments are scheduled to be in place for the 2014-15 school year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Error Rate Of Test-Based Teacher Evaluations High, But Might Still Be More Accurate</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2013/04/18/study-error-rate-of-test-based-teacher-evaluations-high-but-might-still-be-more-accurate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John O'Connor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merit Pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Bill 736]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/?p=18061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study says error rates for teacher evaluations based on student test scores is &#8220;quite high,&#8221; but that the evaluations may still be more accurate than traditional measures. The study, by Dan Goldhaber of the University of Washington-Bothell and Susanna Loeb, of Stanford University, might be cited as evidence as Florida&#8217;s largest teacher&#8217;s union challenges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Questions For Florida Teacher&#8217;s Union President About Common Core</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2013/04/17/five-questions-for-florida-teachers-union-president-about-common-core/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida is working toward full implementation of Common Core State Standards by the 2014-15 school year. The standards set benchmarks for each grade level. And instead of learning a little bit about a lot of things, students will be expected to absorb a lot of information about fewer subjects. Education Commissioner Tony Bennett says Florida&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers Union Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Florida Teacher Evaluations</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2013/04/16/teachers-union-files-federal-lawsuit-challenging-florida-teacher-evaluations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Florida Education Association and National Education Association filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the constitutionality of Florida&#8217;s teacher evaluation system. The system was created under a law passed in 2011 known as Senate Bill 736. State law requires school districts base at least 40 percent of a teacher&#8217;s evaluation on student Florida Comprehensive Assessment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Resignation Letter That Has Common Core Critics Talking</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2013/04/15/the-resignation-letter-that-has-common-core-critics-talking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sammy Mack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the spring semester winds down around the country, one teacher, Gerald Conti, is not going quietly. Conti is retiring from Westhill High School in Syracuse, NY at the end of this school year and his resignation letter has become a manifesto for critics of the Common Core. In his letter — which he posted [...]]]></description>
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