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DeSantis Orders End of Common Core in Florida

January 31, 2019 By Shane Vander Hart

Local news reports that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has signed an executive order abolishing Common Core in the state.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core, Florida, Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, Ron DeSantis

Florida Elects Anti-Common Core Governor

November 7, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Floridians elected a staunch Common Core opponent in Congressman Ron DeSantis (R-FL) to become the Sunshine State’s next Governor.

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Education at State Level Tagged With: Andrew Gillum, Common Core State Standards, Florida, Florida Gubernatorial Race, Ron DeSantis

Florida Teacher Who Resigned: “Children Are Not Data Points”

October 31, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Maren Hicks encouraged administrators to heed teachers’ concern about standardized testing and policies that lose sight of the children in their care.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: data collection, Florida, Maren Hicks, standardized testing

Florida High School Principal Takes Books Away From Teacher

October 9, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

A high school teacher in Miami, FL had literature textbooks that she purchased carted away because they did not fit with the Florida Standards.

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, Florida

Education Policy: Where the Florida Gubernatorial Primary Candidates Stand

August 20, 2018 By Karen Effrem

Karen Effrem provides a Common Core/FedEd/High Stakes Testing/Preschool comparison of the Florida gubernatorial primary for both parties.

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Education at State Level Tagged With: Adam Putnam, Alex Lundmark, Andrew Gillum, Bob Langford, Bob White, Bruce Nathan, Chris King, Common Core, Don Baldauf, Every Student Succeeds Act, federal role in education, Florida, Florida Primary, Gwen Graham, Head Start Act, Jeff Greene, John Mercadante, Jon Wetherbee, No Child Left Behind, Phil Levine, pre-K, Ron DeSantis, Timothy DeVine

DeVos on 2017 NAEP Results: “We can and must do better for America’s students.”

April 11, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Betsy DeVos at CPAC 2017

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos responded to the stagnant nationwide scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) but touted Florida who saw gains in fourth and eighth-grade reading and math scores as a bright spot. 

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: 2017 NAEP Results, Betsy DeVos, Florida, NAEP, National Assessment for Educational Progress

Federal Influence on State and Local School-Discipline Policies

March 8, 2018 By Jane Robbins and Erin Tuttle

Jane Robbins and Erin Tuttle: Federal interference in state and local policy is harmful and unacceptable in all circumstances, usually for reasons of polity and liberty. But in the case of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, it appears it contributed to something even worse.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: federal involvement in education, Florida, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, school disciple, school shootings

Florida House and Senate Bill Allows Schools to Write Own Academic Standards

January 18, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

A bill filed in the Florida House and in the Florida Senate allows Florida school districts to write their own standards provided they are equivalent to or better than the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: 2018 Bills, Charlie Stone, Common Core, Debbie Mayfield, Dennis Baxley, Florida, Florida Department of Education, Florida House, Florida Senate, Florida State Board of Education, George Moraitis Jr., House Bill 825, Karen Effrem, Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, Senate Bill 966, Stan McClain

Social-Emotional Learning Is Good for the Economy?

August 9, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: A propaganda piece for social-emotional learning on the website of the CBS affiliate in Miami, FL prompted a visceral reaction.

Filed Under: Social Emotional Learning Tagged With: Children Services Council of Broward County, Florida, Knellee Bisram, Social-Emotional Learning

More From The Mother-May-I File

August 2, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Florida, Kentucky, and New Jersey are seeking a testing waiver from the U.S. Department of Education under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: common core assessments, Every Student Succeeds Act, Florida, Kentucky, New Jersey, U.S. Department of Education

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