Drew WilsonDecember 3, 2019
8min552
There is a path to success if we choose the right direction.
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Drew WilsonDecember 3, 2019
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 4, 2019
3min774
DeSantis is taking input on his proposed testing overhaul.
Melissa RossAugust 17, 2015
5min211
As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush continues to take heat over calling Common Core education standards “poisonous,” Duval County’s superintendent is taking a more positive spin about the new state curriculum being unveiled this fall. “We’re going to see another level of instruction at the elementary level, especially when it comes to writing and reading,” Superintendent Nikolai […]
Jac VerSteegMay 20, 2015
5min185
An underlying purpose of public education reform is providing a clear-eyed view of student achievement. The system will not cringe from telling students when they need to do better. The system will not cringe from telling parents their kids need to do better. The system will not cringe from telling teachers they need to teach […]
Jac VerSteegMay 20, 20155min239
An underlying purpose of public education reform is providing a clear-eyed view of student achievement. The system will not cringe from telling students when they need to do better. The system will not cringe from telling parents their kids need to do better. The system will not cringe from telling teachers they need to teach […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 22, 201510min203
When I met Edith for the first time and heard her stories about her kindergarten class, I realized that she is the poster child for what is happening in Florida education at the grass roots level. She is a slight woman in her early 30s, originally from Venezuela, an immigrant like most her students, who […]
Peter SchorschApril 17, 20145min117
Remember those required college courses where you could take the “same” class from any number of different professors? I was in one of those, a lower-level course on American government that had multiple sections. The course was a prerequisite for a number of other classes I wanted to take. My instructor wasn’t easy. He expected […]