Tony Bennett is Florida's new education commissioner
He’s in. Tony Bennett, the hard-charging Hoosier with a rock-star rep, is the new face of Florida’s school system and...
Read More >Florida roundup: FCAT, vouchers, charters, no more Flori-duh & more
On top of the world. Gov. Rick Scott calls the PIRLS results (an international assessment that shows Florida fourth-graders are second...
Read More >Report: Miami-Dade school district No. 10 in nation for school choice
The Miami-Dade school districts ranks No. 10 among school districts nationwide in providing a wide array of school choice options for its students, according to...
Read More >Florida roundup: Crist on vouchers, second to Hong Kong, school funding for poverty & more
More Crist on vouchers: Charlie Crist on “Hardball” last night: MSNBC host Chris Matthews warned Crist that there was a...
Read More >New group aims to create pipeline of black school leaders, entrepreneurs in Florida
In an effort aimed at boosting black student achievement, a new group is forming in Florida to develop a cadre of...
Read More >Florida roundup: Where’s the money, teacher turnover, grad rates and more
Financial irregularities. Eighty-five percent of district schools in Palm Beach County show financial irregularities, an audit finds, with some cases...
Read More >'Where was (Sal Khan) when I was in school?'
Fox 13, a TV station in Tampa, Fla., did a nice piece this week about a unique partnership that shows...
Read More >Florida roundup: Teacher evals, vocabulary gaps, ed reform pileup & more
More on teacher evaluations. Problems with teacher evaluation data this week are the latest in a string of mistakes involving...
Read More >Parents are not a monolith
The mom on stage described how she and other low-income parents rode a bus through the darkness - six hours,...
Read More >Marco Rubio: School choice is a key to revitalizing middle class
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., devoted a substantial portion of a major speech this week to education reform, saying public schools...
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