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After Governor Rick Scott issued an executive order pulling back Florida’s support of nationwide education standards called Common Core, the state will no
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Miami Dade Republicans have approved a resolution opposing Common Core standards, a new way of teaching that sets benchmarks for students at each grade
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The Common Core initiative would standardize academic goals nationwide. Forty-five states have signed on, but lawmakers in some states are rethinking their support. While both sides are stepping up their messaging, a poll out this month shows 62 percent of Americans have never heard of Common Core.
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The sudden departure of Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett last week appears unlikely to disrupt the trajectory of public education in the…
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Add U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to those opposing shared education standards fully adopted by Florida and 44 other states. The standards, known as...
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It’s been a rocky week for Florida’s education system. The State Board of Education has reinstituted a rule preventing school grades from dropping more
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Both leaders of Florida’s legislative chambers are asking Education Commissioner Tony Bennett to withdraw from a coalition of states developing a new
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In the next few weeks, the man in charge of kindergarten through twelfth grade education in Florida has to answer a multiple choice question: Which
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School grades are due out later this summer in Florida, and superintendents statewide have raised concerns about tougher grading standards and how they'll…
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By now, most Florida parents have heard the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test is on its way out. But they might not know a whole lot about what’s…