Monthly Archives: December 2012

The public policy spotlight is focused on science and engineering programs at Florida’s universities, particularly the public universities.  The state’s leaders want the universities to graduate more workforce-ready scientists and engineers, and have even proposed a tuition scheme that would … Continue reading →

Update (Wednesday morning):  Gradebook posted on this post and got a relatively vigorous discussion going.  Welcome to Gradebook readers who are visiting! ————————————————————————————————————————————————- The passage of Florida’s “chemistry or physics” high school graduation requirement, which is phasing in, brought on … Continue reading →

For those of you caught up in the excitement of the 2nd place finish of Florida’s 4th graders in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), here’s a bit of cold water – results from the National Assessment of … Continue reading →

Not yet, anyway. See the op-ed here.

Florida’s number-two-in-the-world ranking in 4th grade reading in the Progress in International Literacy Study (see the Orlando Sentinel article here) shows what Florida’s school system can do when it sets a priority and makes a sustained commitment to that priority. If Florida … Continue reading →

Yes, Tony Bennett was a biology teacher.  Take a look at his CV.

From yesterday’s Sentinel article, a quote from USF’s science education icon, Gerry Meisels: “You want to compete internationally?” Meisels said.  “You’re going to have to invest and get the work force ready.  We have not seen that in Florida.”

From the New York Times: To nudge students toward job-friendly degrees, the governor’s task force on higher education suggested recently that university tuition rates be frozen for three years for majors in “strategic areas,” which would vary depending on supply … Continue reading →

From the Huffington Post: Today, we are writing to sound the alarm on something we see as a major flaw in the emerging set of Common Core standards. For those who don’t know, the Common Core is a shared set … Continue reading →

Not all STEM careers are created equal, argues today’s Miami Herald. Indeed.