Missouri to Use ACT Tests – Why Can’t Florida?
From AP reporter Heather Hollingsworth in the Springfield News-Ledger: KANSAS CITY — Missouri will begin picking up the tab for students to take the ACT college entrance exam and dramatically reduce the amount of time some elementary and middle school students spend taking state assessments. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has announced that the testing revisions will
Do School Voucher Advocates Really Want to Use Medicare as a Model?
Apparently Step Up for Students Patrick Gibbons does: We could “Medicarize” education by offering education insurance for every K-12 child. Let’s just call the program “Educare” and imagine it was passed under the Educational Premium Insurance for the Children Act, otherwise known as EPIC (because politicians love acronyms). Educare would provide coverage for 13 years of education. After the $150
The “Reguatory Creep” and “Bureaucratization” of Florida’s Education System
While Education Commissioner Pam Stewart is trying to save Jeb Bush’s school grade system with plaintive wails like “it’s not good for students,” she won’t have the final word if the legislature chooses to act. Gradebook’s Jeff Solochek writes: “All the options are on the table,” Senate Education Committee chairman John Legg told the Gradebook. “We’re going to have to make a decision during the se
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Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education:Scathing Purple Musings Color me purple in Florida ALL WeekMichelle Malkin Rips the Common Core – Chamber of Commerce – Pearson Triumvirate of “Venture Socialism”Columnist Michelle Malkin was one of the first conservative voices to raise the alarm on Common Core. Now she
