The Florida Department of Education held two public conference calls today to answer questions about changes the agency proposed to Florida’s K-12 language arts and math standards. Florida is one of 45 states to adopt the Common Core State Standards, which outline what students should know at the end of each grade. The common standards […]
POST UPDATED: Monday the Florida Department of Education unveiled a list of suggested changes to the state’s K-12 language arts, literacy and math standards. The changes add (or keep, really) calculus and cursive writing; they soften some elementary school requirements; and they clarify many objectives for teachers. “With your input, we have strengthened our standards […]
The Florida Department of Education has released a list of proposed changes to the state’s K-12 standards, known as Common Core. The list includes 13 changes to the English language arts standards and 33 changes to the math standards, nine of which are new standards. Many of the changes were suggested by teachers. Florida is […]
The Florida Department of Education could suggest about 40 changes to the state’s K-12 standards, including requiring the teaching of cursive writing and the use of decimals when counting money. But Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart said the changes were minor and would have little impact on students, teachers and administrators preparing for the final […]
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 […]
If you’ve got concerns about Florida’s K-12 math, English and literacy standards — or a suggestion about how to improve them — you’ve got until tomorrow to submit them to the Florida Department of Education. The agency is gathering feedback at the request of Gov. Rick Scott. So far the agency has received more than […]
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 […]
The big news out of Indiana yesterday was that in 2012 then-state superintendent Tony Bennett and staff discussed boosting the grade of a charter school. Bennett now leads Florida schools and defended the change. The school, Christel House Academy, initially earned a C, but Bennett said Christel House performed as well as other A-rated charter […]
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 […]
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 […]
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