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A letter grade can be one of the clearest methods to communicate quality. The USDA uses it for meat. S&P uses letter grades for credit ratings. The state鈥
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We all agree that every student should have good teachers. I think we also agree that there are three ways to improve the teaching force: We must get 鈥渂ad鈥 teachers
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Our colleagues at StateImpact Indiana have crunched the numbers and found that 165 schools benefited from changes to the school grading formula former Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett made in
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Florida鈥檚 system of giving schools grades from A-to-F has been in the spotlight this summer. First, state officials made last-minute changes to the A-to-F formula, preventing more than 150 schools
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Florida officials made just two major changes to the state formula which determines A-to-F school grades during the first six years of its use 鈥 adding a component to measure
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Last month State Board of Education members turned on Florida鈥檚 school grading system. The board was being asked to voted on two temporary changes which would soften the impact of
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Editor's Note: On Monday, the Associated Press published emails from 2012 showing former Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett and his staff in鈥
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Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett is expected to resign today after the Associated Press published emails this week showing he and staff worked to change the state鈥檚 grading system in
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Last week, 549 Florida schools earned a letter grade higher they they would have based on the state formula alone thanks to a State Board of Education-approved 鈥渟afety net.鈥 That鈥檚
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My son went to a school that received an 鈥淎鈥 grade from the state of Florida. During fifth grade, his last year as a public school student, his鈥