OCPS Students: Nearly 50 Percent Proficient on FCAT Reading
Only 48 percent of Orange County Public School (OCPS) students in grade 9 performed at or above Achievement Level 3 (on grade level) on FCAT Reading, according to results released by the Florida Department of Education on Friday.
School Board Votes to Implement Uniform Dress Code
The Lake County School Board unanimously approved on Tuesday, implementation of a uniform dress code for the 2012-13 school year.
FCAT Dumb Down: State Moves to Lower Standards
Florida State Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to “dumb down” the rating system of the 2012 FCAT writing proficiency test, allowing significantly more students to pass, after preliminary results revealed a failure rate of more than 60 percent.
State of Board of Education could Vote to Lower Standards on FCAT
The State Board of Education will vote later today in an emergency meeting, on whether to revise downward the passing grade of the 2012 FCAT writing proficiency test.
Panic: FCAT Writing Scores Fall Dramatically
Preliminary results of the 2012 FCAT writing proficiency have shown a dramatic drop when compared to last year, leading the State Board of Education to call an emergency meeting tomorrow.
Timber Creek students are best appellate High School attorneys in Florida
Timber Creek High School students, Alexis Soto and Julie Silvers, have been awarded the title of best appellate high school attorneys in the State of Florida after competing in the 2012 Florida Moot Court Competition.
Discipline! Teacher Puts “Cone of Shame” Dog Collars on Students
A Zephyrills High School science teacher could lose her job for placing ‘cone of shame’ collars on her students to discipline them.
How AT&T Scams Schools and the Feds Turn a Blind Eye
At the dawn of the Internet era, Congress set out to avert a digital divide between rich and poor students. More than a decade later, as schools struggle for funding amid widespread budget cuts, there is growing evidence that the program’s crucial low-price requirement has been widely neglected by federal regulators and at least one telecom giant.
Bar Association Honors Boone HS Teacher with “Liberty Bell Award”
The Orange County Bar Association honored Cindy Schmidt, a former criminal defense attorney now a teacher in the Boone High School Law Magnet Program, with the “Liberty Bell Award.”
