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October 14, 2013

What To Expect At This Week’s Hearings On Florida’s Common Education Standards

The Florida Department of Education is holding three public hearings this week to gather criticisms and support of Florida’s new math and English standards known as Common Core. Florida is one of 45 states to fully adopt the standards, which outline what students should know at the end of each grade. Designers say the standards […]

October 10, 2013

Influential Common Core Supporters Won’t Be At Florida Hearings Next Week

The Foundation for Florida’s Future and Foundation for Excellence in Education, influential and public supporters of shared English, literacy and math standards known as Common Core, won’t be present at three public meetings next week debating the standards. That’s because staff will be at a two-day national education summit hosted by the nonprofits’ founder, Florida […]

October 3, 2013

Common Core Hearings Scheduled For Tampa, Davie And Tallahassee

The Florida Department of Education will hold public hearings on Common Core State Standards in Tampa, Davie and Tallahassee on consecutive days later this month, according to an email from House Majority Leader Steve Crisafulli. Gov. Rick Scott asked the department to hold the hearings last month. Scott wants the public to present concerns about […]

Florida Education Department Puts Daily Common Core Tweets On Hold

The Florida Department of Education has put it’s daily tweeting of Common Core State Standards on hold while the agency prepares for a series of public meetings on the math, English and literacy standards. The agency started sending out a standard of the day to its more than 6,000 followers last month. But DoE communications […]

September 25, 2013

The Pros And Cons Of Appointing Florida’s Schools Chief

For our story this week about all the pressure facing Florida’s education commissioners we spoke with two former education commissioners — one elected and one appointed. Florida elected education commissioners until 2003, when a state constitutional amendment made the job appointed. Gov. Jeb Bush appointed Jim Horne as commissioner in 2003. Now, the governor appoints […]

September 24, 2013

Gov. Scott’s Education Summit Participants Objected To Scott Targeting PARCC

Yesterday Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order stating his desire that Florida ends its role handling the money for a consortium of states developing a new test tied to Common Core State Standards. The test is known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC. It’s the first action […]

September 23, 2013

Explaining The Unusual Pressure On Florida’s Schools Chief

The State Board of Education removed the first word from interim Education Commissioner Pam Stewart’s title last week. But Board member Kathleen Shanahan had a strange question for a job interview: Tell me again who you work for? “And I just want to make sure from Pam, that she understands – with full clarity – […]

September 19, 2013

Gov. Scott Says Proposed Multi-State Test Will Take Too Long And Is Too Expensive

Gov. Rick Scott may join House and Senate leadership in opposing a multi-state test tied to Florida’s new math, English and literacy standards and designed to mostly replace the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, according to the Times/Herald Capitol Bureau. The test, known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, […]

September 18, 2013

Senate Education Chairman Wants Questions And Comments About Common Standards

The chairman of the Senate education committee is asking residents to send him their questions about Florida’s new math, English and literacy standards, known as Common Core. Sen. John Legg, R-Lutz, has posted the Common Core standards to the Senate website and wants to hear questions and complaints before lawmakers return to Tallahassee next year. […]

September 17, 2013

State Board Picks Pam Stewart As Education Commissioner

Pam Stewart twice stepped in to replace departing Florida education commissioners. Today she got the job long-term. The State Board of Education unanimously chose Stewart to be the state’s education commissioner. She follows Tony Bennett, who resigned from the post last month. Board member John Colon said he wanted the continuity Stewart brings to the […]

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