Florida’s School Grade Calculations: the Only Constant is Change
On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, the Florida Board of Education (FLBOE) will vote for yet another change in…
Florida Has The Capacity, But Not The Commitment, To Adequately Fund Its Public Schools
A Look at the 2024-25 K-12 Budget In January, a former staff member for Governor Rick Scott bragged…
More Spin Than Historic
On Monday, June 10, 2024, held a press conference at a Hialeah charter school, standing behind a “Raising…
If You Give the Moms A Majority…
“We knew this was going to happen as soon as they got a majority,” one prominent schools official…
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…
F.A.S.T. Has Absolutely Increased State Testing Time
Yesterday, on 10/19/23, Florida’s State Board of Education approved cut scores for Florida’s new F.A.S.T. assessments. These cut…
Has F.A.S.T. Testing Lived Up to Its Promises?
If you are frustrated with the amount of instructional time wasted by state mandated standardized testing in Florida,…
DeSantis Endorsed School Boards Continue to Wreak Havoc
It appears that school boards across Florida are trying to cause more mayhem than the bills being passed…
What Remains When You Eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?
I knew he was trouble when Christopher Rufo wrote, in March 2021, that diversity, equity and inclusion were euphemisms…
“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…
Meet Florida’s New Senate Education Committee
Committee Weeks for Florida’s 2023 Legislative Session start this week and Florida’s new Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee is…
Looking Ahead to 2023 and the Danger of Universal ESAs in Florida
As far as education policy goes, Florida’s 2022 Legislative Session could be summed up in two words: “Culture…
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