Will Hegseth Disrupt the nation’s top performing school system?
“If the Department of Defense schools were a state, we would all be traveling there to figure out…
Florida: We’re Number 1! But we are also Number 50… What Gives?
SPOILER ALERT: It’s Accountabaloney. On May 8, 2024, Florida’s Commissioner of Education, Manny Diaz, Jr., held a press…
M4L Continues to Post Misleading Information
Lately, the Moms for Liberty crew has been deflecting from criticism by highlighting the so-called failures of public…
Libraries, Nurses and Healthy Food or More Phonics? Which is the Better Investment?
When the New York Times and The Washington Post recently ran opinion pieces asserting that there is a national reading…
Inadequately Funded and Understaffed – What The 2017 Middle School Study Tells Us about Florida’s Commitment to ESE Students
I saw this image today. While much has been said about the national teacher shortage, the lack of…
“What Got Us Here, Won’t Get Us There” – Florida’s 8th Grade NAEP Disaster
“What got you here, won’t get you there.” – Marshall Goldsmith, World-renowned business educator and coach While Florida’s leadership…
What Causes More Learning Loss than the COVID Pandemic?
Today, the 2022 NAEP results (including state and district comparisons for 4th and 8th grade Reading and Math)…
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…
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…
Testing Season in Florida: This is Not a Work of Excellence.
“What was educationally significant and hard to measure has been replaced by what is educationally insignificant and easy…
A Change In Definition Of Level 3 WILL Affect Passing Rates And School Grades: Don’t Do It, Florida!
If you are short on time, here is the summary version (complete details follow below): The Foundation for…
SB926 Proficiency Language Compromise Gives the Foundation for Florida’s Future a Do-Over
Today the Senate Education Committee demonstrated their talents at speed talking as they raced through 21 bills and…
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