A Look Ahead to Committee Week #3 – February 1-5, 2021.
Committee Week #3 falls right on the tail of Committee Week #2. There will be more details on…
A Review of Committee Week #2 and a First Look at the Governor’s Budget
This week, on Thursday, all eyes were on Governor DeSantis who held a press conference releasing his Budget…
Will SB48 Make Educating Your Child More Difficult Than Finding A Covid Vaccine?
“If you think finding a Covid vaccine for your grandparents is difficult, wait till you have to compete…
A Review of Committee Week #1 and a Look Ahead to Committee Week #2 – January 25-29, 2021.
A flurry of bills hostile to public schools and public school employees were filed this week, including a…
2021 Committee Week #1 – January 11-15
Here is what is on the calendar for the Florida Legislature’s Committee Week #1. All meetings can be…
Get Ready to Advocate for Public Schools, Covid Edition
Florida’s legislature will soon be back in session. What attacks do they have planned for Education this year?…
The 3 Education Studies of 2020 That Florida’s Legislators Should Read.
Earlier this month, Edutopia published their list of “The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020.” We found three…
Happy Holidays from Accountabaloney 2020
“And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t…
“Testing Students This Spring Would Be A Mistake”- Especially in Florida
Lorrie A. Shepard, PhD is a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in their Research and Evaluation Methodology…
Covid, NAEP and Mandated State Assessments
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) postponed the scheduled January 2021 administration of the National Assessment…
Who is Sponsoring that Free Event?
This week I received a newsletter, from a statewide school board association, which included an invitation to attend…
Another Successful Night for Public School Referenda
Floridians once again displayed the gigantic disconnect between their overwhelming support for their local public schools and their…
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