Monthly Archives: March 2011

1)  Evaluating faculty teaching isn’t as easy as it sounds. Rep. Fresen’s bill (it is a committee bill, but it is clearly Fresen’s bill) calls for each college’s Board of Trustees to adopt a “performance evaluation policy.”  So far so … Continue reading →

From the 2008 Educator Supply and Demand Report from the American Association for Employment in Education: Southeast National PreK 3.50 2.74 Kindergarten 3.11 2.52 Primary 3.00 2.41 English/Language Arts 3.15 2.89 Social Studies 2.73 2.20 Foreign Languages 2.91-5.00 3.04-4.00 TESOL … Continue reading →

Imagine that! The abstract from a paper in the journal Science Education (Vol. 94, Issue 4, pgs. 577-616, July 2010) by FSU Ph.D. grad Meg Blanchard (now on the faculty at North Carolina State) and collaborators from FSU and NC … Continue reading →

h/t to School Zone for pointing out this important opportunity: How should the FDOE distinguish between Level 3 and Level 2 performances on the new Algebra 1 EOC?  Or between Level 5 and Level 4, for that matter… You have … Continue reading →

What a coincidence!  Imagine that! From the New York Times. An answer key for my previous post on the commissioner’s resignation: Answer a) is correct – the Gov and his krewe have seriously dissed the Commish.  See coverage from the … Continue reading →

We now return to the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” category of legislation. On Tuesday, the House PreK-12 Competitiveness Subcommittee will workshop HB 255, the bill filed by Rep. Kelli Stargel that proposes grading parents. Perhaps this signals the … Continue reading →

The 2008 report of the American Association for Employment in Education says that in the southeast US demand for math teachers outstrips the demand for physics teachers, which in turn is the highest among science specialties. The AAEE rates teacher … Continue reading →

Leslie Postal’s article on Algebra 1 classes at West Orange High highlighted Florida’s shortage of math teachers. Here are a few facts and estimates to consider. First, the production of bachelors’ degrees in math education at the SUS institutions in … Continue reading →

h/t to Curriculum Matters: The National Governors’ Association is urging states to align higher education to economic needs in a new report, “Degrees for What Jobs?  Raising Expectations for Universities and Colleges in a Global Economy.” For those of you … Continue reading →

Governor Scott will sign SB 736 at a ceremony at the Jacksonville KIPP school at 9:15 this morning.