Monthly Archives: January 2021

Walt Griffin goes out on top: Seminole County again #1 in Florida for STEM College Prep, and this time it’s not close.

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Paul Cottle

Walt Griffin’s successor as Seminole County School Superintendent will understand what it will be like for Nick Saban’s successor as head coach of the University of Alabama football team. Superintendent Griffin is retiring this spring, and his successor will take … Continue reading →

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Florida’s leaders shouldn’t settle for the basics only. The state’s students deserve an opportunity to achieve at the highest level.

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Paul Cottle

TCPalm, which is the web site for three newspapers on the Treasure Coast, published my op-ed “Florida owes it to students to provide high-quality calculus, physics classes” on Friday. It was shortened a bit from the version I submitted, so … Continue reading →

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As Florida public school enrollments dropped overall in Fall 2020, numbers of Hispanic and Black 4th graders grew sharply – probably in part because of the suspension of FSA testing and required 3rd grade retentions in the spring.

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Paul Cottle

Tens of thousands of Florida students left the public schools in Fall 2020 due to the pandemic. However, the numbers of Hispanic and Black 4th graders grew substantially in the fall. It’s likely this growth was caused at least in … Continue reading →

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Think it’s time for Florida to implement a large-scale Education Savings Account program? The state already has one – Bright Futures. Let’s try to get a postsecondary ESA right.

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Paul Cottle

With the end of the pandemic in sight, school choice advocates are making a push for education savings accounts (ESA’s) for K-12 students that would replace the public school system with grants to parents of children that would be spent … Continue reading →

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