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…
Why Do We Send Our Kids to School?
What is the purpose of public education? Is it economic development “plain and simple”, as suggested by Florida…
FSA Cut Scores, a Call to Action and the Ingredients in Accountabaloney
On January 6, 2016, at 9AM, Florida’s Board of Education will meet to (finally) decide the cut scores…
Don’t Blame Godby for Florida’s Accountabaloney Policies
When you combine a flawed metric with high stakes reward and/or punishment, you get Accountabaloney. Florida’s education policy…
Guess what? It’s Even Dumber Than We Thought
On Monday, 12/21/16, the Florida Education Association (FEA) filed formal complaints criticizing Florida’s Best and Brightest teacher scholarship program…
Worst and Dumbest, the Sequel
Representative Eric Fresen’s (District 114, Miami) much maligned “Best and Brightest Scholarship” program, which snuck into Florida statute…
FEE Panel Agrees: Raising Proficiency Levels Demands Accountabaloney Pause
On January 4, 2016, Florida’s State Board of Education will be setting the cut-scores/determining proficiency levels for the…
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