The Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards unanimously passed a resolution calling for a suspension of high-stakes testing.
“The Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards is comprised of 11 of Florida’s coastal school districts — Collier, Lee, Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Monroe, Charlotte, Sarasota, Pinellas, Indian River and St. Lucie. Together, the districts represent more than 42 percent of the state’s public school students, 55 percent of the state’s property tax base and 51 percent of Florida’s legislative members, according to the School District of Palm Beach County website.”
Will the Florida legislature listen to parents, educators, and elected school boards, or will they continue to pile on more tests and unfunded mandates? All of the state’s districts are required–under present law–to create hundreds of new tests for every student in every subject in every grade, for before and after, to evaluate students, teachers, principals, and schools and to award merit pay to some and fire others. No money comes with the mandate.
It is payday for the testing and tech industries but mayday for education in Florida.
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Florida, we hear your pain. Jeb’s girl Skandera created your mess and is now repeating it in New Mexico. Our Democratic candidate has $157,000 in campaign money compared to Republican Martinez’s Koch funded $4 million war chest.
Not on the list, Hillsborough County, greater Tampa metro area. Best bet on why…Gates poured millions into the county.
Come on Orange County…jump on the bandwagon. Our 180k+ students deserve the madness be stopped!