/tags/stateimpact-florida StateImpact Florida en-US WLRN Mon, 16 Nov 2015 05:37:36 GMT /education/2015-11-16/international-baccalaureate-programs-finding-homes-in-florida-middle-and-elementary-schools It’s game day in the eighth grade International Baccalaureate design class at Ada Merritt K-8 Center in Little Havana in Miami.The games the students are… Mon, 16 Nov 2015 05:37:36 GMT /education/2015-11-16/international-baccalaureate-programs-finding-homes-in-florida-middle-and-elementary-schools /education/2015-09-28/political-correctness-challenges-campus-free-speech Know the joke about how many college students it takes to screw in a light bulb?Probably not, since it’s not a real joke. Nor is the decision some… Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:52:44 GMT /education/2015-09-28/political-correctness-challenges-campus-free-speech M.S. Butler /education/2015-09-22/5-things-we-learned-from-an-international-study-on-technology-in-schools Last week the international Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released the results of a global study looking at the effect of… Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:16:38 GMT /education/2015-09-22/5-things-we-learned-from-an-international-study-on-technology-in-schools /education/2015-08-23/charity-helps-florida-students-get-dressed-to-head-back-to-school At last count, during the 2013-2014 school year, the number of homeless students had risen to more than 71,000 in Florida's public schools. For many of… Mon, 24 Aug 2015 01:57:45 GMT /education/2015-08-23/charity-helps-florida-students-get-dressed-to-head-back-to-school Robin Sussingham /2015-08-03/florida-schools-strive-to-identify-and-help-homeless-students Students who are considered homeless by Florida schools can be living in hotels, trailer parks, in campgrounds or doubled up with friends or relatives.... Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:58:55 GMT /2015-08-03/florida-schools-strive-to-identify-and-help-homeless-students M.S. Butler /2015-06-29/tampa-bay-program-helps-fifth-graders-make-sense-of-their-financial-futures The first time some students learn about finances is during a high school economics class. Others learn by trial and error, but one program in the Tampa... Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:53:09 GMT /2015-06-29/tampa-bay-program-helps-fifth-graders-make-sense-of-their-financial-futures M.S. Butler /education/2015-06-21/floridas-new-school-standards-both-successful-and-disaster Florida just completed the first year of one of the biggest experiments in U.S. education.For the first time this year, every grade in every public school… Mon, 22 Jun 2015 00:56:22 GMT /education/2015-06-21/floridas-new-school-standards-both-successful-and-disaster /education/2015-04-13/required-financial-literacy-course-gets-second-chance-in-florida-senate Bills filed in the Florida House and Senate would require high school students to take a one-semester financial literacy course. But with just three weeks… Mon, 13 Apr 2015 04:01:14 GMT /education/2015-04-13/required-financial-literacy-course-gets-second-chance-in-florida-senate /education/2015-03-29/despite-problems-experts-say-computerized-testing-is-the-answer-for-florida-schools Testing experts say so far Florida's problems with its new statewide exam, the Florida Standards Assessments, are likely not serious enough for the state… Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:59:31 GMT /education/2015-03-29/despite-problems-experts-say-computerized-testing-is-the-answer-for-florida-schools /education/2015-02-27/ready-or-not-students-the-new-florida-exam-is-here At Miami's iPrep Academy, getting ready for the state's new standardized test includes rapping.Two students are recording the daily announcements, telling… Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:34:42 GMT /education/2015-02-27/ready-or-not-students-the-new-florida-exam-is-here