/tags/school-grading school grading en-US WLRN Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:00:00 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-08-23/the-sunshine-economy-superintendents-have-little-faith-in-school-grades 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… Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:00:00 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-08-23/the-sunshine-economy-superintendents-have-little-faith-in-school-grades Tom Hudson /2013-08-15/classroom-contemplations-why-teachers-leave-the-classroom 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 “bad” teachers Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:57:18 GMT /2013-08-15/classroom-contemplations-why-teachers-leave-the-classroom /2013-08-15/tony-bennetts-last-minute-school-grade-changes-benefited-165-indiana-schools 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 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:58:25 GMT /2013-08-15/tony-bennetts-last-minute-school-grade-changes-benefited-165-indiana-schools /2013-08-14/what-a-school-grade-means-to-parents Florida’s 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 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:45:41 GMT /2013-08-14/what-a-school-grade-means-to-parents Sammy Mack /2013-08-13/is-floridas-school-grading-system-too-complicated 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 — adding a component to measure Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:17:24 GMT /2013-08-13/is-floridas-school-grading-system-too-complicated /2013-08-12/new-standards-will-require-rewriting-expectations-but-not-school-grading-formula Last month State Board of Education members turned on Florida’s school grading system. The board was being asked to voted on two temporary changes which would soften the impact of Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:31:22 GMT /2013-08-12/new-standards-will-require-rewriting-expectations-but-not-school-grading-formula /education/2013-08-01/the-school-at-the-heart-of-bennett-controversy-the-philanthropy-and-philosophy-of-christel-dehaan Editor's Note: On Monday, the Associated Press published emails from 2012 showing former Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett and his staff in… Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:24:55 GMT /education/2013-08-01/the-school-at-the-heart-of-bennett-controversy-the-philanthropy-and-philosophy-of-christel-dehaan State Impact Indiana /2013-08-01/a-look-at-the-indiana-charter-school-at-the-center-of-tony-bennetts-resignation 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’s grading system in Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:42:44 GMT /2013-08-01/a-look-at-the-indiana-charter-school-at-the-center-of-tony-bennetts-resignation /2013-07-30/which-districts-have-the-most-safety-net-schools 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 “safety net.” That’s Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:24:21 GMT /2013-07-30/which-districts-have-the-most-safety-net-schools /education/2013-07-22/floridas-school-grading-system-remains-flawed-parent-says My son went to a school that received an “A” grade from the state of Florida. During fifth grade, his last year as a public school student, his… Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:35:31 GMT /education/2013-07-22/floridas-school-grading-system-remains-flawed-parent-says Carolina Garcia