Funding & Other Baloney Part II: How You Spend It Matters A Lot
In Part I of this series, we questioned whether Florida’s embarrassingly low per pupil spending, in the face…
Funding & Other Baloney, Part I: 4th Grade Reading Scores and “Efficiency”
I will venture a guess that no one truly believes the measure of a high quality education system should…
Teaching to the Test: When is Enough Actually Enough?
On March 15, 2016, my Monroe County School Board got into a discussion regarding whether the district was…
Florida’s Testing Obsession: Threats, Lies, and the Emotional Toll.
The end of March put testing season in Florida into full swing and that means Stress with a…
Florida, 3rd Grade Retention and Transparency: Clear as Mud
It’s difficult to be transparent when you don’t really want people to understand the law; especially the law…
Accountabaloney On Trial: Day One
Today, broadcast live on The Florida Channel, Accountabaloney went on trial. For Florida’s public school advocates, and perhaps…
Student Achievement and FSA Validity: More Accountabaloney
A test is only valid if the results are used in a valid way. If a test’s results…
Vaccines, FSA, Santa Claus and a side of Baloney
On 2/29/16, the Tampa Bay Times reported Florida Education Commissioner, Pam Stewart, in a conference call with superintendents, stated her…
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…
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…
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