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Merit pay; eliminating tenure; new teacher evaluations — how are school, district and state policies affecting how educators and their students perform?

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June 20, 2013

Classroom Contemplations: How School Grades Get It Wrong

Editor’s note: Names of teachers and students have been changed. Professionals should be responsible for their job performance and should be evaluated and retained accordingly. Who doesn’t agree with that? My problem isn’t with accountability or evaluating teachers. My problem is with the schemes I’ve encountered so far in my career that have been designed […]

How Florida Administrators Are Preparing For Common Core

Florida schools have one more academic year to fully get ready for Common Core State Standards. This new way of teaching is designed to better prepare students for college and a career. Thousands of teachers are getting help from the Florida Department of Education at training sessions this summer – studying a different way to […]

June 19, 2013

Florida College Says Education School Rankings Are Inaccurate

A Florida college rated “substandard” in national rankings of education schools said the rankings were “inaccurate and misleading” and rely too much on information obtained on the Internet. The National Council on Teacher Quality released a ranking of college and university elementary and secondary education programs Tuesday. Florida State College at Jacksonville was one of […]

Core Questions: What Do The Standards Say About Financial Education And Co-Teaching?

StateImpact is answering reader-submitted questions about the Common Core, a new set of expectations for what students should know and be able to do in math and English at each grade level. Florida is one of 45 states that have fully adopted the Common Core. Today, we’re answering a question posed from a reader (in Arizona, thanks for reading!) about financial literacy […]

Florida Teachers Report For Common Core Summer Camp

“I say common, you say core! Common!” “Core.” “Common!” “Core.” Teachers working in small groups were corralled to attention by their K-2 math leader. It’s the first day the Florida Department of Education’s 2013 Common Core State Standards Summer Institutes. This two-day session – the first of seven offered around the state – began Tuesday […]

June 18, 2013

Classroom Contemplations: The Most Important Day Of The School Year

Editor’s note: Names of teachers and students have been changed. A week ago Thursday — the end of the year for students — brought with it the usual catharsis of the last day. There were hugs and tears as well as exchanges of notes and cards, gifts and promises, and words of wisdom and encouragement. […]

Report: Five Florida Teacher Training Programs Are “Substandard”

Update: Florida State College at Jacksonville is challenging the NCTQ rankings. The school argues it only has an early childhood education program, but NCTQ included the school in its ranking of early childhood education programs. The school’s dean says early childhood and elementary education certifications have different requirements, and the two should not be combined. […]

June 17, 2013

Governor Signs “Partial Fix” For Teacher Evaluations But Union Still Suing

Florida teachers will no longer be evaluated – and have their pay based on – the performance of students they don’t teach. Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill passed by the Florida Legislature that should allay some of their concerns. The law, SB 1664, says teachers must be judged only on the performance of […]

What Ohio Has Learned From Three Years Of Teacher Evaluation Data

Our colleagues at StateImpact Ohio are diving into three years of state teacher evaluation data in a series of stories this week with The Cleveland Plain Dealer. The stories talk to teachers rated “most effective” about how they approach the job, analyze if there is a correlation between evaluations and pay and gives readers interactive […]

June 14, 2013

Miami Teacher Ready To Discuss Some “Classroom Contemplations”

We are introducing a series taking a closer look at teaching and schools through the eyes of Jeremy Glazer, a Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher. Glazer will be writing about the issues he sees in the classroom, such as the unintentional message about priorities state requirements send to teachers and students. He’ll also tap the […]

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