The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education released its latest report that evaluates the state’s colleges and universities. Florida didn’t do too well. • Only 27 percent of Florida high…
Tag: Education
Other counties are closing schools
St. Pete Times reports Pinellas school administrators have identified five elementary schools that could be closed next year as the district deals with budget problems and long-running enrollment declines. This year’s spending…
North Escambia: what’s happening
North Escambia.com has two articles worth reading this morning: Retirement of Escambia School Board Pete Gindl after 50 years in the school system as a teacher, principal and school board member –…
Notes: School Board 5.07.08
Escambia County School Board Members decided to table a decision regarding the district’s budget and proposed personnel cuts before a capacity crowd at the J.E Hall Center during a special meeting last…
Suter is a headache
Suter Elementary parents refuse to quietly go away….especially when it comes to possible closure of their highly successful, but small, neighborhood school. It could be the issue that undoes Patty Hightower’s re-election…
Fear in high schools
The high schools are under tight security after the slaying of high school student Daryl Williams, 15, was fatally shot Saturday night during an altercation in the Burger King parking lot on…
Tallahassee still messing with education
Spoke with a friend in Tallahassee yesterday about what is going with the state legislature which is holding its committee meetings. When it comes to education, the big talk is centering around…
Too many elementary schools
The daily newspaper catches up with we have been talking about on the blog for awhile: school enrollments. The pdf of the actual number of pupils in each elementary school is very…
FCAT problems continue
Jeb Bush leaves office and problems with the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test continue to crop up. This time the school scores/grades are delayed because of the problems with FCAT grading for third-graders…
FCAT scores are in for third graders
Escambia County – Math scores are up 1%; Reading down 4% Santa Rosa County – highest reading scores in the state; tied for second highest for math. Our favorite inner-city school –…
New teacher bonus plan
State legislature has passed a new bonus pay plan for teachers that gives the local school boards more power in implementing. Bonus will still be tied to FCAT scores, but a teacher’s…
New college fee not tuition?
Miami Herald reports: State universities could charge students a special tuition fee that would not be covered by Bright Futures scholarships under a bill that passed its first test Wednesday despite dire…