Renzo DowneyJune 24, 2020
8min1052
Raises will boost salaries from the bottom half to the top five in the nation.
Tag: Best and Brightest
Renzo DowneyJune 24, 2020
Sarah MuellerJanuary 29, 2020
5min585
Teachers have complained the bonus programs are unfair.
Sarah MuellerJanuary 23, 20204min554
Sen. Bradley wants to repurpose Best and Brightest funding for teacher salaries.
Ana CeballosDecember 27, 2019
9min435
Teacher pay will be his main focus during the Session.
Renzo DowneyNovember 14, 2019
3min601
The Florida Classroom Teacher and Florida School Principal Bonus programs would divvy out bonuses by each school's academic assessment and by title status.
Staff ReportsOctober 4, 2019
2min465
SB 440 would fully remove the sections of Florida law defining the program.
Guest AuthorMay 17, 2016
7min185
When my daughter graduated high school, she took her talents to the University of Central Florida where she majored in musical theater. As patrons, my wife and I love the arts. As parents, not so much. We worried that four years hence our daughter would strut across the stage to “Pomp and Circumstance” only later […]
Associated PressApril 18, 2016
5min204
New bonus payments aimed at attracting and keeping good teachers in Florida have gone disproportionately to those who work with students from affluent families, an analysis by a Florida newspaper has found. Teachers who received bonuses under the $44 million “best and brightest” teacher scholarship program started last year were more than twice as likely […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 11, 2016
4min156
As the Florida Legislature wrapped up its 2016 session Friday by passing the 2016-17 budget, some education officials are feeling left out. In an email, Florida Education Association President Joanne McCall lamented that the budget fails to adequately fund education and ignores increasing resistance toward what many see is chronic over-testing in schools. “Legislators may […]