Brooksville
EDUCATION
A 9-year-old goes in on standardized tests and ends with the best mic drop of all time
If you need proof standardized testing is setting students up for failure, just ask the students. Sydney Smoot has a bone to pick with the Hernando County School Board. The issue? The Florida Standards Assessment Test, or FSA for short. On March 17, 2015, Sydney bravely stood up at her local school board meeting to share how she felt about the test and why she believes it's failing students and teachers.
Florida schools offer principals multi-year contracts for stability
The big story: As has been well documented over time, finding and keeping strong principals in schools is key to long-term success. Challenges have abounded in this regard, including state requirements that give principals little time to turn around poor performing schools and districts’ tendency to place administrators on one-year contracts.
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