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Florida's new formula for rating teachers makes Einstein's theory look simple
How can teacher greatness be measured? In Florida, by a formula that makes Einstein's Theory of Relativity look like child's play. "It looks like hieroglyphics," said Debra Wilhelm, president of the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association....
Tags: Teachers, Academic Progress, Examinations, Arne Duncan, Democratic Party
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Common Core should be priority for next education commissioner
Odds are pretty good — excellent, in fact — that Tony Bennett will be Florida's next education commissioner. When it comes to school reform, Bennett was the Jeb Bush of Indiana and has a resume long on Florida-inspired changes he pushed on...
Tags: Teachers, Democratic Party, Science and Technology, Students, Barack Obama
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Farewell
Aug. 5 I celebrated the news that Commissioner Gerard Robinson had resigned. It's going to take the Board of Education a long time to clean up the mess he left behind. I pray Florida will choose a successor who will take into account the views of school...
Tags: Jordyn Wieber, Orlando International Airport
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New anti-testing presentation from Rick Roach
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelRick Roach, the Orange County School Board member on a mission to reduce the role of standardized tests in public education, has put together a new presentation. He shared “The True Cost of High-Stakes Testing: It's much more than dollars and cents&... -
High-stakes testing (whether FCAT or PARCC) isn’t what Florida needs, Orlando Mom writes
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelKathleen Oropeza, one of the founders of Fund Education Now, calls it absurd that Gov. Rick Scott seemed to take credit for the new PARCC tests (which are to replace FCAT) in an op-ed she wrote for The Miami Herald. Scott, you might remember, came out... -
Science education needs a boost in FL, advocate says
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelIn case you missed it, a leader of the Florida Citizens for Science group argues today that science education isn't getting its due in Florida. Brandon Haught's op-ed appears in today's Orlando Sentinel. In it he argues that Florida is joining with... -
State Board urges spending for computers, infrastructure so schools can go digital
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe State Board of Education wants Florida to spend more than $400 million in the coming year to buy computers and to improve bandwith and wireless access in its school as part of its push for more digital education. The board thinks the state should... -
Public can weigh in on proposed scoring for FCAT science, end-of-course exams (at 3 workshops this week)
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Florida Department of Education is hosting three workshops this week to get public input on how it will score its revamped FCAT science exam and its new end–of=course biology and geometry exams. The department , as we reported earlier this... -
Teacher evaluations, value-added data, and Fl’s plan
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelAs everyone following Florida education news knows, the state is in the midst of revamping its teacher evaluation system. Under the new plan, student test-score data will be used to help judge teacher quality. The data is to be crunched in a “... -
Fl’s new pre-k test set to debut amid some complaints
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelIn case you missed it, here is our story from yesterday on a new test for pre-K students that youngsters in Florida's pre-K program will begin taking this month. The new Voluntary Prekindergarten Assessment — required by the Florida Legislature &#... -
Fl’s 3rd-grade retention/remediation plan helped students, new review finds
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFlorida's law requiring struggling readers to be held back and then given intensive reading lessons has helped third graders subject to that policy, according to a new review by a Harvard University education professor. The review was released and...
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