2016 FSA Administration: Ready or Not, Here it Comes
On February 25, 2016, my son’s 3rd grade Florida State Assessment (FSA) score report was delivered to his…
CALL TO ACTION: Stop the Poorly Designed CBE Pilot (SB1714)
CALL TO ACTION. IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED This Thursday, February 25, 2016, the Florida Senate Appropriations Committee will hear…
Online “I can smell the education accountabaloney” Toolkit
Do you smell the accountabaloney? Join us in calling it out. We are hoping to create a strong…
Feb 16, 2016, Accountabaloney Press Release: Parents ask Lawmakers to “Smell the Baloney”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Parents ask Lawmakers to “Smell the Baloney” Today, a group of…
What Do Florida’s School Grades REALLY tell you?
“What was educationally significant and hard to measure has been replaced by what is educationally insignificant and…
Algebra 1 EOC: Ridiculously High Stakes
5/22/2016, ACCOUNTABALONEY UPDATE: At the 2016 Spring FOIL Conference (Florida Organization of Instructional Leaders), The FLDOE gave a presentation…
SB1360: Questions for Senator Gaetz
Somewhere in Florida, Spring 2017: Anne is a student at school “A”, a perpetually “A” rated school in…
COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION: Destroying Public Schools One Profitable Data Point at a Time
This is the planned statement I presented to the Monroe County School Board, my local district board, on Tuesday, January 26,…
SB1360: Baloney on Rye ADDENDUM
This is an addendum to our previous blog, “SB1360: Baloney on Rye is Still Full of Baloney” :…
SB1360: Baloney on Rye is Still Full of Baloney
On 1/20/2015, 10:32am, an addendum was published to this blog. You can find it here. “A Baloney Sandwich…
Florida’s Middle School Math Problems: A Perfect Storm
Why did Florida’s 8th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) math scores plummet? We believe it may be…
Trust Us, You Need to Change This
On the off chance Florida’s Department of Education might be listening, we offer this advice: Today, Florida Education…
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