Monthly Archives: October 2016

There was good news for Florida’s students and parents last week:  The state has made significant improvements in student achievement in elementary and middle school science, according to the results of the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released … Continue reading →

A year ago, Bay County’s Mosley High School looked at itself in the math and science mirror and didn’t like what it saw. So Mosley teachers and administrators worked with guidance counselors in the MAPPS (Mosley Advanced Placement Program for … Continue reading →

In a previous post, I may have caused some confusion regarding the State University System’s metrics within its performance funding program.  I’m writing this to clear up that confusion. FSU struggles with three of the performance funding metrics:  percentage of … Continue reading →

One of the metrics in the State University System’s performance funding model is the percentage of bachelor’s degrees awarded by an institution that are in “Programs of Strategic Emphasis”, which includes STEM fields.  For the most recent measured year, 2014-15, … Continue reading →

A decorated Leon County teacher recently argued on Facebook that incumbent Superintendent of Schools Jackie Pons should be reelected because Leon is the best school district in the state. The campaign for Leon County School Superintendent should have been about … Continue reading →

While Miami Herald political reporter Mary Ellen Klas was writing the article “Recession still has Floridians reeling and anxious about election” that appeared today and and while she was collecting the reams of data that are available interactively on the Herald website, she was focusing … Continue reading →

…because you are not preparing them for almost all the careers in this plot of the top 25 college majors for salary. Seventeen of these top 25 majors have the word “engineering” in them.  Physics is ranked 15th.  The list … Continue reading →

Florida State University’s undergraduate program in physics has been featured in a new report on the future of undergraduate physics programs assembled by the Joint Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Programs (J-TUPP). The “Joint” indicates that the task force was … Continue reading →

Florida’s Board of Governors is doubling down on expanding online education.  And the state’s economists are warning of a sharp increase in state budget shortfalls coming soon. So it’s quite possible that Florida State University is about to embark on … Continue reading →

Thank you to everyone who came out to my FSU Physics Colloquium talk today.  The power point for the talk is here: colloquium_6oct16