Published on September 25, 2012. Tags: Education Week, FCIR, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Fred Grimm, K12, Miami Herald, Michael Mayo, Reuters, StateImpact Florida, Sun-Sentinel
Responses to the FCIR-StateImpact Florida investigation of K12 have come from around the state and across the country.
Published in Blog, Business, Education, Government
Published on April 20, 2012. Tags: Academy for Urban School Leadership, Alyson Klein, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Antoinette Konz, Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High, Baltimore, Barbara VanSweden, Boston, Brian Rosenthal, Bridgeport, Caitlin Scott, Calverton Middle School, Catalyst Chicago, Center Consolidated School District, Center on Education Policy, Chicago, City, Clark County, Colorado, Conn., Council of Chief State School Officers, Council of Great City Schools, D.C., Democrats, Department of Education: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, DePue High School, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Ed News Colorado, Education Week, Everyone Graduates Center, Fitzgerald School District, Fla., Florida, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Florida school districts, Friendship Preparatory Academy, Garrison Middle School, George Welsh, Global Partnership Schools, GothamSchools, Government Accountability Office, Grover Cleveland High School, Hancock High School, Harding High School, Idaho, Indiana, Indianapolis Star, Jasmine Dukes, Jason Snyder, Jennifer Brown, Jennifer Jordan, Jennifer Shea, Jim Larson, Johns Hopkins University, Keith Rheaul, Ky., Las Vegas Sun, Leslie Postal, Lionel Jackson Jr., Liz Bowie, Lori Higgins, Louisville, Manuel Rivera, Mark Coscarella, Maryland, Mass Insight Education, Mc Nelly Torres, Memorial Middle School, Michigan, Michigan Department of Education, N.Y., Nancy Mitchell, Nevada, New York City, No Child Left Behind Act, Orlando, Orlando Sentinel, Pam Glynn, Paul Takahashi, Peter Zamora, Philip Yaccick, Philissa Cramer, President Obama, Providence Journal, Pueblo, Queens Vocational High School, Rachel Cromidas, Republicans, Robert Balfanz, Rochester, Rudy Crew, Sarah Karp, School Improvement Grant (SIG), School Turnaround Group, Scott Elliott, Seattle Times, Teach for America, The Baltimore Sun, The Connecticut Mirror, The Courier-Journal, The Denver Post, The Hechinger Report, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, U.S. Senate Committee, Vicki Sacco, Washington, West Seattle Elementary School, Weston Preparatory Academy
Alyson Klein: After two years, questions remain about the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst-performing schools.
Published in Education, Government
Published on July 15, 2011. Tags: Barack Obama, Charter Schools, Duvall County, Education Week, Manatee County, Miami Central, Miami Edison, Miami-Dade, Public School Funding, Ralph De La Cruz, Rick Scott, Seminole County, Vouchers
Ralph De La Cruz: The impacts of an eight percent decrease in public school funding are felt at districts statewide.
Published in Blog, Education
Published on January 12, 2011. Tags: Charlie Crist, Education rankings, Education Week, FCAT, Jeb Bush, Ralph De La Cruz, Rick Scott, Vouchers
Ralph De La Cruz: Florida placed fifth in Education Week’s annual ranking of schools. But now those public schools are in jeopardy under Gov. Rick Scott.
Published in Blog, Education