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Julie DelegalOctober 20, 2013

Last of six parts. A test developed by the Partnership for the Assessment of College and Career Readiness (PARCC) might still win Florida’s contract, even though Gov. Rick Scott withdrew Florida from the multi-state, test-development group on Sept. 23. Scott also dissolved Florida’s obligations as fiscal agent for the group, so bids for PARCC’s testing-related […]

Julie DelegalOctober 16, 2013

This is part four of a multi-part series on Florida’s Future with the Common Core State Standards, presented in partnership with Folio Weekly. Florida’s Board of Education on Wednesday voted 5-1 to allow school districts to choose their own teaching methods and materials in line with Gov. Rick Scott’s stated policy of local control for […]

Julie DelegalOctober 2, 2013

Did the Team Bush response to Gov. Rick Scott’s order on education seem a little too restrained last week? Former Gov. Jeb Bush and his Foundation for Florida’s Future, after all, have been at this education-reform biz for years. Until recently, the foundation’s work appeared destined to culminate in the implementation of the national Common […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 20, 2013

With the noble and lofty goal of improving education in America, a group of educators and leaders in the education reform movement came together to develop a national set of standards in the hope that our educational system in the various states would meet a common standard and impart a common base of knowledge for […]

Tag: common core

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