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Stories about students and the initiatives designed to improve performance. Are the many education reforms Florida has adopted having an impact?

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January 2, 2014

Your Guide To Florida’s New GED

Florida gets a new GED exam today. The high school equivalency test is going exclusively online. Education advocates are greeting it with mixed feelings. The new GED has been retooled to emphasize workplace and college skills. That’s part of why advocates say it makes sense to offer it only as a computer-based exam. Test-takers will […]

December 31, 2013
December 27, 2013

The Biggest Florida Education Stories of 2013

Here’s our pick for the biggest education stories of 2013 — a few of which will likely dominate 2014 as well. Tony Bennett’s Resignation Bennett came to Florida in January with a reputation as a rising star among self-proclaimed education reformers and a leading voice for the Common Core English, literacy and math standards fully […]

December 26, 2013

A Q & A With Children’s Author Sheila Keenan

Sheila Keenan, author of a new graphic novel for kids, called Dogs of War, says she tries not to think too much about classroom policies when she writes. “Good storytelling is good storytelling,” says Keenan. Her latest work is about the relationships between soldiers and dogs during World War I. World War II and the […]

December 24, 2013

For Homeless Students, College Enrollment Means A Roof Over Their Heads

It is college-application season, which means high-school seniors across the country are scrambling to write personal statements, list all their extracurricular activities and take the SATs. Sierra DuBose is one of those seniors, enrolled at Miami Edison Senior High, but she is also one of almost 7,000 kids in the Miami-Dade public-school system who are […]

December 23, 2013

The Best Of StateImpact Florida From 2013

From Common Core, to Florida’s next standardized test and changes to high school graduation requirement, education was a top story time and again this year. Here’s a selection of some of our most important, interesting and favorite education stories of 2013. Click on the headlines to read the full story and listen to the broadcast […]

December 18, 2013

New Test Results Compare Hillsborough, Miami-Dade To Other Large Districts

New testing data shows Hillsborough County schools beat the performance of other large urban school districts in math and reading. Miami-Dade fourth grade readers outscored other large urban districts, but were on par in eighth grade reading and fourth and eighth grade math. The results come from the National Assessment of Educational Progress’ sample of […]

2012-2013 Florida High School Grades

The Florida Department of Education released 2013 high school grades, part of the state’s school accountability system. The data includes each component of the school’s score and demographic data.

More Florida High Schools Earn A, F Grades

Nearly half of Florida high schools — 48 percent — earned an A grade on the state’s report card, according to a report Florida Department of Education released Wednesday. That’s up from 31 percent of high schools earning a top grade two years ago. More than 80 percent of Florida high schools earned an A […]

December 16, 2013

Meet The New Alternatives To The GED

As the GED prepares for a major overhaul in January, a growing number of states are trying a new class of tests designed as alternatives to the GED. Like the GED, the new tests will be offered online. Unlike the GED, the competitors will still offer a pencil-and-paper version. And one of the biggest selling […]

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