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Hilda Turner and why teachers are skeptical of John Thrasher’s motives
In Tampa, there is a five-year-old elementary school named after the late Hilda Turner. The students attending Turner Elementary may not know why it’s named after her, or who she was. Most legislators in the capitol probably don’t know about her case against the all-white Hillsborough school board in the early 1940s and why the […]
Race to the Top winners and losers
So officially, Delaware and Tennessee won (note, Andy Smarick: I spelled both states and your name correctly). But in the side competition (including brackets and sidebar bets), who won and lost? Those who predicted political decision-making were wrong. I know Mike Petrilli has wondered if politics has intervened in the reviewing process (and thought the […]
In better news, bipartisan bill passes Florida Senate reforming high school testing
In addition to Senate Bill 6, the Senate also passed an amended form of Senate Bill 4, which moves the state’s high school testing program away from comprehensive exams in 10th and 11th grade and towards end-of-course (EOC) exams. Senators from both parties finally “get it” that the so-called comprehensive science exam was counterproductive, and […]
Florida Senate overreaches on changes to regulation of teaching
Yesterday, the Florida Senate voted for Senate Bill 6, which would dramatically change the structure of teacher evaluation, contracts, pay, and licensure in the state. A few amendments were approved on the floor of the senate, but only three appear substantive, and the largest changes happened in committee, in part to address concerns about constitutionality for the initial bill. […]
The sugar-daddy amendment to SB 6
Note (March 25, 2010): This entry was written on March 23, before the Senate adopted the Thrasher/Crist amendment. For my thoughts about the version that passed the senate on March 24, see my entry describing it as overreaching .Among the amendments to Florida Senate Bill 6 filed today is a short amendment sponsored by John […]