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July 1, 2013

Bennett Will Suggest Grading System Changes This Week

Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett said he will recommend changes to the state’s A through F school grading system by the end of the week. Bennett met with school superintendents and researchers Monday to gather concerns and suggestions about the school grading system. Superintendents said they were concerned state requirements had changed too quickly the […]

Union Worried Testing Could Cause Public To Turn On Common Standards

About 10,000 educators from around the country are in Atlanta this week for the National Education Association’s annual meeting. The group will debate issues from school safety to immigration reform as the NEA develops its legislative priorities for the coming year. Florida Education Association President Andy Ford says Common Core State Standards and assessments will […]

June 28, 2013

Common Core Opponents Expecting Protesters From Across The State

A group organizing a protest Saturday at an Orlando conference for new common education standards is expecting caravans of protesters from around the state and country will join them. Florida Parents Against Common Core expects groups from Southwest Florida, Port St. Lucie, West Palm, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia will join them at 11:30 Saturday morning […]

June 26, 2013

Groups Dismiss Report Critical Of ALEC’s Influence Over Education Policy

Two groups named yesterday in a report which criticizes ALEC – the American Legislative Exchange Council – for its “damaging influence” on public education policy have responded. Progress Florida and eight other left-leaning organizations from around the country issued the report, ALEC v. Kids: ALEC’s Assault On Public Education. ALEC crafts model legislation mostly promoting right-leaning […]

June 25, 2013

Progressive Groups Target ALEC For “Damaging Influence” On Education

An organization which crafts model legislation for states is catching blame for education policies it has supported around the country. The American Legislative Exchange Council – better known as ALEC – describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan organization that focuses on policy relating to “free markets, limited government and constitutional division of powers between the […]

June 24, 2013

A Q & A With Senate Education Committee Chairman John Legg

Port Richey Republican Sen. John Legg has founded a charter school and is chairman of the Senate Education committee. So people listened when Legg raised some of the first warnings about whether Florida would be ready for new English, literacy and math standards — and the accompanying tests — by the start of the 2014 […]

June 18, 2013

State Board Wants Superintendents To Review School Grading Formula

The State Board of Education has asked that a panel of school superintendents and other education officials to review the state’s school grading system and potentially recommend changes. Superintendents from Hillsborough and Miami-Dade schools said that they are concerned changes to the school grading system will mean a dramatic drop in school grades. The board […]

June 14, 2013

Congressman Wants States To Be Able To Cut Ties With The Federal Department of Education

A New Jersey Congressman has proposed a bill that would allow states to bypass the strings which come with federal money. During a Common Core briefing at the Cato Institute this week, Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) said he would introduce the LEARN Act – Local Education Authority Returns Now. The proposal would keep education funding at the […]

Florida’s Next State Tests Should Not Be Taken With Pencil And Paper, Senator Says

Florida shouldn’t have one group of students taking the next generation standardized test online while other students use pencil and paper versions, according to the chairman of the Senate Education Committee. Sen. John Legg, R-Port Richey, said students should all be taking the same kind of test. “I have some great reservations about having two […]

June 6, 2013

Science Education Group Seeking Florida Support For New Standards

Advocates for new science standards are urging Florida residents to voice their support. The concept for the science standards is separate, but similar to that of the math and English language arts standards which comprise the Common Core. Florida, 44 other states and the District of Columbia have fully adopted the Common Core standards. The […]

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