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Preview of Common Core Battle in Florida Legislature

December 9, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Tampa Bay Times staff writer Jeffery Solochek wrote a brief preview of the Common Core debate to take place in the Florida Legislature next session. Solochek wrote: Lawmakers filed bills in both the House and Senate to halt the standards in 2014, but each died in their first committee without hearing. Gov. Rick Scott and […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Florida, Florida Board of Education, Florida Parents RISE, Florida Stop Common Core Coalition, Floridians Against Common Core Education, Jack Latvala, Jeffery Solochek, Rick Scott

The Impact of Florida’s Assessments on Private Schools

August 21, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

I received an email from Anne Gassel, one of our partners here, after the post on the end of course kerfuffle being experienced by at least one private school in Florida.  She made some interesting comments about the impact assessments could have with Florida’s private schools. With her permission I’m sharing her thoughts here: Thinking […]

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Florida Board of Education, impact of assessments on private schools, Rick Scott

Florida Private Schools Discriminated Against By End of Course Assessment Requirements

August 20, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Florida Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Board of Education have imposed testing expectations on schools, and a couple of emails I’ve received demonstrates that the regulations are discriminatory toward private schools.  I don’t know if this is intentional or by design, but it must be addressed. These emails were made public by the Project […]

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Darlene Hellender, Dennis Robinson, end of class assessments, Florida Board of Education, Florida League of Christian Schools, Polk County Public Schools, private schools, Rick Scott, Trinity Christian Academy, Volusia County Schools

If You Fail Just Lower The Standard

May 17, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

What a great example given to us by the Florida Board of Education if you fail to meet your standard, then just lower it! The Board of Education decided in an emergency meeting Tuesday to lower the passing grade on the writing portion of Florida’s standardized test after preliminary results showed a drastic drop in […]

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Florida Board of Education, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Rick Scott

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