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Los Angeles SB 736

Miami-Dade teachers now evaluated on students, subjects they do not teach

The week before schools opened in Miami-Dade County. As teachers scrambled to put last-minute finishing touches on their classrooms and tweak their...
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Biggest losers in Florida's 2011 legislative session? Children and teachers.

Ultraconservative stars were aligned as 2011 legislative session opened in Tallahassee, Florida.With a new governor so far to the right he made...
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Governor Scott WON - Democrats and Union ZERO

  • Governor Scott WON - Democrats and Union ZERO
  • March 25, 2011
Governor Scott just gave Florida’s school children a great gift – he signed SB 736, which took the education system away from the...
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Is testing teaching (or learning)? Teachers, parents and students say no.

Last month, Florida's House of Representatives passed HB 7019, the House companion bill of SB 736, called the "Student Success Act."...
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"Race to the Top" bill inaugurates a race to the bottom

Today, Wednesday, March 16, the Florida House of Representatives will give House Bill 7019--the House companion bill to Senate Bill 736, called the...
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Labor rallies against anti-union bills headed to the floor

Tuesday, hundreds of members of various labor local unions, including teachers, firefighters, police, health care workers, longshoremen,...
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President Obama shares the stage with Jeb Bush in Miami

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  • March 5, 2011
Friday, March 4, President Obama appeared on stage at Miami Central High School in Miami, Florida, with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and ex...
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2+2=5...SB 736 doesn't add up.

I have watched the evolution of what is now Senate Bill 736 from the monstrosity described in my last article on the subject to the present, and I...
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