All Education majors, and those who support us, are urged to participate in a statewide walkout on MONDAY, APRIL 4th @ 11am. Gather in front of the College of Education at your respective institution to show your opposition to SB 6 / HB 7189!
All Education majors, and those who support us, are urged to participate in a statewide walkout on MONDAY, APRIL 4th @ 11am. Gather in front of the College of Education at your respective institution to show your opposition to SB 6 / HB 7189!
The comments section of Charlie Crist’s fan page on Facebook has been overrun by Floridians upset with the Legislature’s effort to end tenure in Florida’s schools and to tie teacher pay to students’ standardized test results. So much so that whoever admiinisters Crist’s Facebook page had to post a strong warning to commentors to post a “Comment Policy for Our Fan Page”: “While this is an open forum, it’s also a family friendly one and one that seeks to encourage an active intelligent debate on the…
The comments section of Charlie Crist’s fan page on Facebook has been overrun by Floridians upset with the Legislature’s effort to end tenure in Florida’s schools and to tie teacher pay to students’ standardized test results. So much so that whoever administers Crist’s Facebook page had to post a strong warning to commentors to post a “Comment Policy for Our Fan Page”: “While this is an open forum, it’s also a family friendly one and one that seeks to encourage an active intelligent debate on the…
This YouTube video – by the Fightin’ Moms of Fund Education Now – may be the most likely to go viral, given the group’s growing profile. SB 6 “will destroy any chance we have of attracting and keeping the best and brightest teachers for our kids,” they say at one point. “Our kids continue to be the collateral damage of this insanity,” they say at another. We don’t think they did this on purpose, but as the women make their points…
Opponents of reform have launched a misinformation campaign around Senate Bill 6 and its House companion, HB 7189. Here are the facts. Please pass on the information. Evaluations: Requires at least half of the annual evaluation to be based on individual student progress, also called student learning gains, (essentially how much a student learns during the school year as measured by standardized tests), starting in 2014 â 2015 school year. Currently, no data on student learning is required as part of a teacher…
Opponents of reform have launched a misinformation campaign around Senate Bill 6 and its House companion, HB 7189. Here are the facts. Please pass on the information. Evaluations: Requires at least half of the annual evaluation to be based on individual student progress, also called student learning gains, (essentially how much a student learns during the school year as measured by standardized tests), starting in 2014 â 2015 school year. Currently, no data on student learning is required as part of a teacher…