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Florida BOE approves new test cut scores and charter school review board, Duval restarts superintendent search, and more

Cut scores approved: A new scoring scale for the state's standardized tests was approved Wednesday by the Florida Board of Education. The new "cut scores" that determine if students pass or fail the tests are more stringent than last year's. Department of Education officials said 48 to 57 percent of the state's students in grades... Read more »

Broward board approves sex ed curriculum and ends alternative discipline program, Hillsborough delays tax decision, and more

Around the state: Broward school board members have approved a sex education curriculum for all students and ended an alternative discipline program that has been heavily criticized since the 2018 Parkland school shooting, Hillsborough's school board delays a decision to ask voters to approve a property tax hike for higher teacher pay, the Duval school... Read more »

Storm closes some schools, Osceola board wants Melendez removed, student makeover at New College, teacher contracts, and more

Around the state: Strong storms that spawned tornadoes around the state that caused damage and knocked out power closed some schools Thursday and at least one again today, Osceola school board members want colleague Julius Melendez removed by the governor after he was accused of kissing an 18-year-old woman against her will and buying her... Read more »

Accurate estimates on the cost of scholarships take time and patience

The Florida Policy Institute (FPI) made numerous headlines last spring after the organization estimated Florida’s Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES) and new Personalized Education Program (PEP) “would cost the state about $4 billion in the initial year.” This estimate did not include the additional scholarships provided under the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC) program, which likely… Read more »

Seminole removes books because other districts did, Miami-Dade approves new textbooks, raises for Bay teachers, and more

Around the state: Seminole district officials decide to remove 31 books from school libraries because other districts had, Miami-Dade's school board approves the adoption of new social studies, history and personal finance textbooks, Bay school board members approve a contract with teachers that provides raises ranging from $1,200 to $4,400, Lee's school district is considering... Read more »

Tougher state test cut scores proposed, six apply for Duval superintendent’s job, school bus overcrowding and more

Test cut scores: Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr.'s recommendations to increase cutoff scores for the state’s progress assessments, known as the FAST tests, were presented to the Senate Education PreK-12 Committee on Tuesday. Juan Copa, deputy commissioner for accountability, research and measurement, said if Diaz’s recommended cutoff scores had been used to score exams... Read more »

A key next step for Florida scholarship programs: Simplicity

One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to student learning, and the same is true for the universal education savings account (ESA) programs that nine states adopted this past year. Some, like Iowa’s, are limited and for that reason, easy to administrate. All students receive the same amount of money from the state, and… Read more »

Injuries reported in security scare at UF vigil for Israel, enrollment decline in Duval, contract deal in Hillsborough, and more

Around the state: Several people were reportedly injured during a security scare at a vigil for Israel on the University of Florida campus on Monday night, Duval's public school enrollment is down by about 10,000 students this year, Hillsborough teachers and the district reach a contract agreement, an accrediting agency is faulting Broward College for... Read more »

Florida’s affordable colleges, stun guns, student advocates, new hiring procedures, charter school concerns, Lee leader won’t run in 2024, and more

Around the state: Florida boasts three of the top four most affordable universities in America according to a recent study, Palm Beach school board members want legislators to give them flexibility in deciding how to punish students who bring stun guns to schools, Polk schools are revising their hiring procedures after the recent arrest of... Read more »

We should view European K-12 pluralism as a floor rather than a ceiling

As late as the early 1990s, many Americans thought of going to see European films as desirably highbrow. European movies commanded 10% of the American box office. The problem with this was that European governments subsidized cinema, and the results were, well, uneven. I recall going to see such a film titled “King Lear”… Read more »

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