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Miami Jackson Senior High School has lost its appeal to become an A-rated school after disputing test scores , the Miami Herald reports. The Florida Department of Education said the
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Florida’s school grades would focus on student performance on state tests, graduation rates and earning college credit or industry certifications, according to a proposal posted at the Florida Department of
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Florida’s A-through-F system for school grades has been fraught with controversy.Supporters say the system is a way of holding schools and districts…
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Nearly half of Florida high schools -- 48 percent -- earned an A grade on the state's report card, according to a report Florida Department of Education…
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Gov. Rick Scott has called state education leaders together for a three-day summit in Clearwater starting today. Scott has put four items on the agenda: State education standards known as
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A letter grade can be one of the clearest methods to communicate quality. The USDA uses it for meat. S&P uses letter grades for credit ratings. The state…
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We all agree that every student should have good teachers. I think we also agree that there are three ways to improve the teaching force: We must get “bad” teachers
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Our colleagues at StateImpact Indiana have crunched the numbers and found that 165 schools benefited from changes to the school grading formula former Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett made in
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Florida’s system of giving schools grades from A-to-F has been in the spotlight this summer. First, state officials made last-minute changes to the A-to-F formula, preventing more than 150 schools
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Florida officials made just two major changes to the state formula which determines A-to-F school grades during the first six years of its use — adding a component to measure
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Update 2:24 p.m.: Florida is looking for a new education commissioner. Tony Bennett resigned today – effective immediately – after just six months on the…
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Editor's Note: On Monday, the Associated Press published emails from 2012 showing former Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett and his staff in…