Associated PressJune 13, 2021
9min1066
In Orange County, there are estimates the incoming kindergarten class will be 17% bigger than in fall 2020.
Tag: Kindergarten
Associated PressJune 13, 2021
Guest AuthorApril 26, 2021
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How are parents supposed to know if a prekindergarten program is doing its job?
Guest AuthorMarch 26, 2021
7min844
Our teachers deserve fair, competitive pay.
Renzo DowneyJune 24, 2020
4min481
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation extending the pilot program.
Florence SnyderFebruary 3, 2017
3min158
By age six, our daughters have internalized the belief that they are not as smart as boys. Boys think so, too. That works well for the bipartisan coalition of Men Who Like Things The Way They Are, but makes for “a pathological system that rewards men for their incompetence while punishing women for their competence […]
Associated PressApril 25, 2016
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The number of children showing up to school with their required shots is dropping according to the Florida Department of Health. New data sent to the state’s 67 school districts on Friday showed that nearly 93 percent of kindergarten students and 90.6 percent of seventh-graders had their required immunizations this year. The department stated that’s […]
Shannon NickinsonApril 19, 20166min223
We began compiling the responses to Quint and Rishy Studer’s “Be the Bulb” challenge, which will see the couple give away $50,000 in total for ideas that aim to improve early learning. I’ve been through them all. With several days left in the challenge, I don’t want to reveal too much about the hundreds of […]
Shannon NickinsonDecember 23, 20157min179
What if everything you needed to know in life you really did learn in kindergarten, but none of it was evaluated on a state standardized test? Would it still count? A study released earlier this year and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation hints that the answer is a resounding yes. The study was […]
Shannon NickinsonSeptember 1, 20156min251
The Studer Community Institute’s Metro Dashboard aims to be a roadmap to help build citizen-powered change, to make Pensacola a more vibrant community for all of her citizens. That’s not a mix Pensacola always has gotten right. If we expect to build a community that brims with entrepreneurial spirit, values education, and increases middle-class jobs, […]
Shannon NickinsonMarch 30, 20155min242
This is no way to run a railroad — or a state education system. In recent weeks, problems with the Florida Standards Assessment writing test made headlines. Schools in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties reported problems and testing was suspended for a time. After nearly three days of complaints from districts across the state about […]