Asatta Mesa, 12, argues some students depend on the meals they eat at school, and that proportions should be larger.
For today’s installment in our series, The Secret Lives of Students, we hear about students who depend on the meals they eat at school.Â
Editor’s note: This post was written by middle school student Asatta Mesa who is participating in the summer school program, Breakthrough Miami. Â
By Asatta Mesa, 12Â
Many children complain about school lunch, but when they explain why they don’t like it, it’s usually because they don’t think it tastes good.
While that is important, there are also many other reasons why school lunch needs to be changed.
One of the worst things about school lunch is the proportions.
An abundant amount of kids rely on one meal a day, which is at school. There should be larger portions, because when kids don’t have proper nutrition, they lack focus.
All schools should also have resources to supply breakfast to students.
“Its Not Fair”Â
Most importantly, it is not fair, that depending on how much money you can afford to spend on education, determines the quality of your school food.
This shows that based off of your social class, you get better food. Continue Reading →
Some argue it’s unreasonable to require students with the most severe disabilities to take the timed FCAT exam. But others argue that students with severe disabilities might be placed into separate, specialized schools if school leaders know that means their test results won’t count.
The Smart College Choices web portal lays out graduation rates, employment statistics and earnings data for graduates of Florida’s 28 public institutions.
Users can see how much money graduates in certain degree and certificate programs can expect to earn. They can also see the percentage of graduates who got jobs in Florida.
Florida Department of Education officials said they issued incorrect grades for 213 schools. Those changes mean nine school districts also earned a higher grade.
The Florida Department of Education released big news late Friday evening: 213 elementary and middle schools had received incorrect grades and would be revised upward.
After revising the scores, 116 more Florida school earned an ‘A’ grade on the state report card. Seven schools moved to a ‘D’ from an ‘F’ grade.
The revisions also mean nine school districts will earn a higher grade as well. Those districts are Collier, Desoto, Gadsden, Hillsborough, Okeechobee, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco and Union.
Angelica Carr, 13, says having no homework will give students the time to study.
For today’s installment in our series, The Secret Lives of Students, we hear from one student about the methods she would like teachers to use to help her learn.
Editor’s note: This post was written by middle school student Angelica Carr.
By Angelica Carr
The methods of teaching that I like using are music, no homework, and field trips.
I like these methods all for different reasons but mostly because they appeal to me in certain ways, and most students my age would agree.
Music
I like using music as a method because you can learn almost anything through a song.
You can make a song about math, language, history, and even language arts.
Sometimes it does not even have to be a song; just a simple rhyme could serve the same purpose. Most of the time it’s catchy so it’s easy to remember, and it prevents teachers from having to teach the same subject more than once so they don’t get behind with the lesson plans.
The authors note that Florida ranked in the top 11 in the last four years in Education Week’s annual Quality Counts report.
“That’s not just because of policies on paper that sound good;” they write, “it’s also because the state has moved the needle on student achievement, particularly for low-income kids.”
The “Accountability is Essential” briefing finds that Florida has to stay on track to maintain the significant gains made for students over the last decade.
The report suggests the path forward must include more challenging coursework for students once they’ve mastered content. It also should analyze how well prepared students are for post-secondary learning and careers.
Student authors Joshua Partridge, 10 and Joshua Johnson, 11.
For today’s installment in our series, The Secret Lives of Students, students wrote and reported on class punishment.
Editor’s note: This post was written by elementary school students Joshua Johnson, 11, and Joshua Partridge, 10.
By Joshua Johnson and Joshua Partridge
This is an unreasonable procedure that teachers use: one student acts up and the whole class is punished for the one student’s actions.
This can cause bullying, the whole class can turn against the teacher, it’s not healthy to take away recess for a whole class, and it’s just not effective. Continue Reading →
Now, she’s returning to the private sector as a partner at MedAffinity Corporation, a Tallahassee-based company that provides electronic health records to physicians.
Layman’s last day with the university system is July 20.
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