Monthly Archives: November 2016

The 2015 TIMSS results released yesterday were not big news.  What TIMSS told us about student achievement in math and science in elementary and middle school we already knew from the recent releases of 2015 NAEP results, both at the … Continue reading →

Most people in the nation who know Ginger Littleton’s name know her as the Bay District School Board member who tried to disarm a gunman by swinging her purse at him when the Board was being held hostage in 2010. … Continue reading →

If you can’t get into the local paper’s news section, at least take a crack at getting onto the opinion page. Exhibit A:  “FSU physics department named in top 5” on the opinion page of Tuesday’s Tallahassee Democrat. The advantage … Continue reading →

Late last summer, I traveled to visit with the faculty of a small arts-oriented charter school in South Florida.  I had been invited by the school’s founders, who were individuals I had hoped to have an opportunity to meet.  So … Continue reading →

The most important thing that any public educational institution in Florida can do is help a broad range of students from all backgrounds access the most economically robust career paths. According to a report recently issued by a national task … Continue reading →

As if it were scripted, Florida’s State Board of Education provided a golden illustration at yesterday’s meeting – the last for Board Vice Chair John Padget – of why Padget’s departure from the Board will make the campaign to improve … Continue reading →

At the September meeting of the State Board of Education, the Board adopted a legislative budget request that called for discontinuing the much-maligned Florida Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship Program, which awards bonuses to teachers based on two dubious metrics … Continue reading →

As our society and its economy have become increasingly technological and globalized, many families have been left behind.  As a result, many parents and grandparents have little or no hope for the economic future of their children and grandchildren. That … Continue reading →

About a year ago, a world-renowned physicist and advocate for STEM education in a northern state told me he didn’t think that Florida could become a strong STEM education state because the state’s culture of mediocrity in math and science … Continue reading →

Incremental growth continued for most AP math and science courses in Florida in 2016, according to statistics released by the College Board. While the rapid growth in AP Computer Science in Florida slowed considerably, AP Biology continued to grow more quickly … Continue reading →