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No book ban here
Bravo to the Palm Beach County School Board for denying a woman’s request to ban about 80 books from the school system libraries. Wise and, in my opinion, easy decision. Ms. Lopez, who had not read any of the books … Continue reading
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Deadline extended
Despite 23 candidates having applied for the Florida Education Commissioner position, the deadline for submitting applications has been extended for a week so as to have a “robust list of candidates.” Interesting.
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Science teacher is Florida Teacher of the Year
Congratulations to science-lab teacher Richard Ellenberg from Camelot Elementary School in Orlando for becoming Florida’s Teacher of the Year. Ellenburg, 54, was selected for “making science fun.” He has been known to sing and play guitar to students to get … Continue reading
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Education Commissioner application deadline looms
This week is the home stretch for accepting applications for Florida Education Commissioner. Friday is the deadline to turn in the paperwork. This article says that State Rep. Joe Pickens isn’t going to apply. The story goes on to say: … Continue reading
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FCAT science scores cause more failing schools
Here’s an opinion piece that really brings home just how bad Florida students did on science FCATS. The number of failing schools in the state quadrupled, from 21 in 2006 to 81 when those abysmal scores came out Friday. […] … Continue reading
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Mrs. Hovind sentenced
Wife of Dr. Dino, Jo Hovind, was sentenced to a year in federal prison and has to pay $8,000. Her husband, founder of Creation Science Evangelism and Pensacola’s defunct Dinosaur Adventure Land, was found guilty in November of 58 federal counts, … Continue reading
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FCAT scores in the morning
School A-F grades are expected to be released tomorrow (Friday) morning. As has been mentioned in every doggone FCAT news story about school grades, the expectations are low because of the science FCAT counting for the first time.
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Learning something new: meat-flavored water
It’s been a while since I’ve done a “learning something new every day” post. But I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share some meat-flavored water with you. Well, not with you, but rather with your dog. The day has … Continue reading →