A.G. GancarskiMarch 13, 2023
4min0
The Governor's issues with a College Board Black Studies AP course are well-documented.
Tag: SATA nice warm evening in Tallahassee on a very busy street while taking this shot.
A.G. GancarskiMarch 13, 2023A.G. GancarskiFebruary 13, 2023
4min0
'Nobody elected them to anything. They're just kind of there.'
Renzo DowneySeptember 1, 2020
3min1039
Recent graduates have until Dec. 1 to achieve a qualifying score.
Peter SchorschApril 15, 2020
8min599
Coronavirus has only exacerbated a disparity that already existed.
Sarah MuellerMarch 24, 2020
4min480
SAT and ACT exam dates are also being scrapped or postponed.
Scott PowersApril 24, 2017
3min485
A bill that would push many student assessment tests to the last weeks of the year and open the prospect that SAT and ACT tests could replace Florida’s English and math tests was overwhelmingly approved by the Florida House Education Committee Monday. Committee Substitute for House Bill 773 contains a number of education omnibus reforms ranging […]
Drew WilsonJanuary 28, 2016
2min220
The House Education Appropriations Subcommittee voted for a committee bill Thursday that would codify K-12 and university performance funding programs into state law. Miami Republican Rep. Erik Fresen, who chairs the committee, said HB 7043 would “provide Florida students with the best education possible, from grade school to postsecondary school.” “By passing this bill, we […]
Associated PressDecember 7, 20153min216
About 5,200 Florida teaches will receive bonuses as part of a program that rewards instructors based on how they scored on college admissions exams. The Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship Program will reward more than $8,400 to each instructor by April 1, The Orlando Sentinel reported. The program, which ties bonuses to teachers’ scores on […]
Gary FineoutSeptember 1, 2015
6min328
Florida’s new high-stakes test, which came under fire after a chaotic rollout this past spring, is valid according to a new outside study released Tuesday. Education Commissioner Pam Stewart called the results “welcome news” and said the study showed the test “accurately measures Florida student’s mastery of the standards” in math and reading. “Now all […]
Guest AuthorJuly 2, 20158min187
The teacher who taught state Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, his ABCs, if he or she were around, should certainly regret it. Because — astonishingly, or maybe not — Fresen believes that the insights gleaned from a casual reading during a long airplane flight (Amanda Ripley’s “The Smartest Kids in the World,” according to Fresen) entitles […]