Tag: graduation rates
Hiding dropouts, helping graduates, or both?
In 2018, new rules will change the way Florida public schools calculate graduation rates. They will have to include students who transfer to private online learning providers late in their academic careers. TC Palm reported the change could cause graduation rates to dip 2 or 3 percentage points in some... READ MOREEducation Week: Florida’s graduation rate still low but improving fast
Florida’s high school graduation rate remains one of the lowest...
READ MORENational test scores mostly flat for Florida 12th-graders
Reading and math scores for Florida high school seniors remained...
READ MOREEducation Week: Florida schools rank high in achievement, low in funding
Another year, another report, another Top 10 academic ranking for...
READ MORECharter schools: more diversity, more poverty, similar results
Every year the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) releases...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Grad rates, charter school conversions, school nurses & more
FCAT: Florida releases scores today for reading, math and science....
READ MOREEducation Week: Florida No. 2 in improving high school graduation rates
Florida’s high school graduation rate rocketed 23 percentage points to...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Common Core, high-tech classrooms, black males & more
Common Core. A new Florida group calls the Common Core...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: FCAT money, charter schools, parent trigger & more
School recognition funds. About 1,700 schools will get about $134...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Low graduation rates, teacher raises, Teach for America & more
Grad rates. Not good for Florida, according to this new...
READ MOREFlorida roundup: Education Week rankings, charter school access & more
Quality Counts. Florida ranks No. 6 this year in Education...
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