Florida high schools learned their grades from the Department of Education Wednesday. StateImpact Florida learned a few lessons in the data: 1) Grades are going up — More high schools than ever earned an ‘A’ or ‘B’ grade on last year’s report cards. The biggest surge came in schools earning Bs — up to 207 […]
Florida is one of 11 states that asked the U.S. Department of Education to waive federal No Child Left Behind provisions. A couple of months ago, President Obama agreed to offer states more flexibility from the federal mandates if states submitted a request showing their commitment Ā to boost student achievement. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said, […]
Charter schools are public schools, but the two public options have a stronger appeal for some students than others. Here are five differences between district school students and charter school students according to a StateImpact Florida analysis of Florida Department of Education 2010-2011 school year data. Charter school students are: More likely to be Hispanic […]
Yesterday we wrote about the National Assessment of Educational Progress scores, the gold-standard for apples-to-apples comparison of state education. Math and reading scores for fourth and eighth-graders were released yesterday. Here’s five things the nation’s report card tells us about Florida. You can check the results for yourself here.
Florida’s black and Hispanic students trail their white classmates by smaller margins than the national average, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress results released Tuesday. And Florida has been closing difference in reading and math scores between white and black and Hispanic students faster than the national average over the past decade. Eliminating […]
Florida students have shown little progress the past six years on a national assessment test, according to National Assessment of Educational Progress scores released Tuesday. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, also referred to as the nation’s report card, is considered the yardstick by which states can compare themselves and their progress over time. First […]
University of Florida president Bernie Machen has offered an alternative to higher education reforms floated by Gov. Rick Scott, according to a letter obtained by the Times/Herald capital bureau. Scott has yet to submit a proposal, but the Texas reforms have sparked criticisms from administration and faculty. Florida State University’s president has also drafted an […]
In the trade balance between Ohio and Florida, the Sunshine State usually imports far more than it exports. (Those imports are usually in Clearwater wearing Ohio State jerseys on Saturdays) But School Choice Ohio believes the Buckeye State should import some education ideas from Florida. The group released a Friedman Foundation report today that argues […]
Charter schools are freed from many local and state rules, but school districts still hold the purse strings. And a good way to keep a charter from survivingĀ is to hold back district money. That’s what happening toĀ Balere Language Academy in South Miami Heights, according to the Miami Herald. The school with about 85 students is […]
In August 2011, the Obama administrationĀ announcedĀ it would prioritize deporting people convicted of crimes. That meant shifting resources away from low-priority casesāsuch as undocumented children who came to the U.S. at a young age, or DREAM Act kids, and others. One idea behind the new policy was to protectĀ DREAM Act-eligible kidsĀ from deportation in case Congress were […]
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