Let parents and businesses donate to public schools. If businesses have the ability to donate to both public and private schools with the same tax credit, public pressure could be used against businesses choosing to fund only private …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsBut parents at Pahokee wonder how this new policy achieves that goal. After all, one told the Post, it seems to give kids who don’t want to be in school an easy way out. “If you tell me my kid has to stay after school for a whole month, …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsBUYING TIME: St. Johns superintendent Joe Joyer tells parents that the federal stimulus package delayed, but won’t stop, Florida schools from dealing with the major costs of the class size amendment, the St. Augustine Record reports. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsThis is not “just the teacher’s fault”- it is a societal systemic issue nationally and notable locally in our own area- when black (or any other)parents are involved, students tend to perform better, as I have observed for many years in …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to review a Florida law that requires public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each day unless they have their parents‘ written permission excusing them. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsAfter a series of inexplicable decisions by Howard County school officials, such as requiring him to stay in a Howard High algebra class he had already mastered, his parents decided to home-school him and put him in college classes. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsOne aspect of this issue is that students should not have a longer commute to school, than their parents do to work. We will be creating new attendance zones over the next couple of years, and we need to get it right. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsWhat about the students and parents who earned the A? I hear teachers say all the tme they can’t do anything with “those” kids when their parents don’t do what’s necessary. Please don’t take all the credit for a job well done. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsIt could also save parents thousands on daycare expenses. Posted by: ket | October 02, 2009 at 09:10 PM. It doesn’t matter how long the school year is. The idiots still won’t care and still won’t learn. The parents that have no clue …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsIF YOU CAN’T MEET ‘EM, BEAT ‘EM: A group of Palm Beach parents plans to run candidates for School Board if it can’t persuade board members to turn back some unpopular curriculum changes, the Palm Beach Post reports. GLOOMY NEWS: Florida …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsBut the notion that their kids are being exposed to the book known for its erotic art has some parents upset, ABC-7 News reports. “We want you to understand that while this is a college class, you are teaching it to 15-year-old-students …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsFollow Tampa Bay school news and statewide education news from the staff of the St. Petersburg Times. From the latest FCAT scores to new education laws to local classroom issues, we’re your source for Tampa Bay Rays school news and …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsThe parents were given the statement, “The amount of homework is appropriate for the level of work expected and is appropriate for the gifted students.” Thirty-two percent agreed and 24 percent strongly agreed, but 31 percent either …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsBlame it on the educational system, blame it on the school board, blame it on the teachers…..but don’t blame it on the kid goofing off and not paying attention in class, and for God’s sake, DO NOT blame it on the kids parents! …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsTESTING BATTLE: Palm Beach officials back away from a district-wide testing plan amid protests by angry parents, the Palm Beach Post reports. Unlike parents, principals say the plan will help students achieve, the Sun-Sentinel reports. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 Commentsparents of middle and upper income kids should be beating down the doors as they see more of their tax dollars being shifted to low income minority schools who just can’t cut the muster no matter how many new bells, whistles and …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsIn the wake of the party bus incident, the private Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg has suspended some students, according to this letter to parents that went out today from headmaster Mike Murphy. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsParents must know that their kids will be safe physically, intellectually, and morally. “Students of every race, religion, and economic background should be confident that they will be treated equally by their administrators, teachers, …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsFollow Tampa Bay school news and statewide education news from the staff of the St. Petersburg Times. From the latest FCAT scores to new education laws to local classroom issues, we’re your source for Tampa Bay Rays school news and …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsA possible reason: Parents‘ ability to go to a stop other than the one to which they were assigned without alerting the district that they’d switched.” Posted by: Just Keep Blaming Students and Parents | September 24, 2009 at 11:41 AM …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 Comments“Parents should be doing it, but we’re not going to hop up on parents,” Brown told the Gradebook. “We’re going to do what we can do … to help these girls start understanding that you have to learn how to be responsible for you.” …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsJust look at what they have provided for the system, and it is about time students and parents get the respect that they deserve. Student participation in rigorous Advanced Placement (AP) courses has jumped 64% in Florida since 2005. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsVisit the Gradebook at noon for an interview with Christine Bramuchi and Kathleen Oropeza, co-founders of a new Florida parent group called Fund Education Now. September 26, 2009 in Daily News Report | Permalink …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsPOWER TO THE PEOPLE: Palm Beach parents and teachers protest planned curriculum changes, but some remain silent, the Palm Beach Post reports. WHAT ABOUT SMALL SCHOOLS? Orange school officials investigate whether schools with low …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsA committee of Pasco parents and educators met twice to hash out details for who will be assigned to attend the district’s new elementary school in the Trinity/Odessa area. Most of the students will come from Oakstead and Longleaf …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsI can see that aftercare, summer camps and the vacation industry would hate this, but you’d think that working parents would want it. It would save them money for aftercare and summer camps and take some of the pressure off them. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsParents whose children have been subjected to this treatment are suing and winning against school districts. There is a price that is being paid. Don’t think that doing nothing and letting this kind of behavior continue is the cheapest …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsAnd parents have to walk the walk and talk the talk. If the food they eat at home is good, healthy food, kids learn. Read the full interview for more details. *. September 29, 2009 in Food and Drink | Permalink … Get inside the world of Florida education with St. Petersburg Times staff writer Jeffrey S. Solochek and the rest of the Times education reporting team. We’ll bring you up-to-date information about the latest education trends, fads and news and dig deep into …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsFollow Tampa Bay school news and statewide education news from the staff of the St. Petersburg Times. From the latest FCAT scores to new education laws to local classroom issues, we’re your source for Tampa Bay Rays school news and …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsFollow Tampa Bay school news and statewide education news from the staff of the St. Petersburg Times. From the latest FCAT scores to new education laws to local classroom issues, we’re your source for Tampa Bay Rays school news and …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsIf teachers and parents could unite, which would mean hold a truce on the blame game long enough to change the momentum of the ruling class (administrators and the state), there may be a chance. (This will take years.) …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsMORE FUNDAMENTALS, PLEASE: A group of Pinellas parents pleads for additional fundamental schools. FLU SHOTS: Hillsborough schools expect to be the first in the Tampa area to have swine flu shots available for students. A PLACE TO SUCCEED: A new charter school offers … LABOR NEWS: Brevard school employees dress in black to protest changes to their insurance plan, Florida Today reports. • The Seminole board approves pay raises for teachers, the Orlando Sentinel reports. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsBud Zimmer, better known as “Mr. Fundamental” for his passionate support of Pinellas’ fundamental schools, will be honored at today’s school board meeting by a newly formed parents group. The Fundamental Schools Advocacy Network (FAN) …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsThat campaign is due to be broadened to all students during the week of Oct. 26, with middle and high school students getting shots during school hours and elementary students being vaccinated after school in their parents‘ presence. …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsPinellas parents: The application period for magnet, fundamental and career academy programs for the 2010-2011 school year begins 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, and ends Friday, Jan. 29 at 5 p.m. New this year – parents will apply online …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsOr, is this just a poorly done math problem that made it through all the editors and into the hands of confused first-graders and parents? (If so, should Hillsborough taxpayers demand their money back?) And, if a rooster lays an egg on …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsSOLVING A MEDICAL PROBLEM: Florida International’s new medical school focuses on increasing the number of primary-care doctors, Time reports. LEARNING CURSIVE: Some Collier parents and educators lament that cursive writing doesn’t get …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsGo online for a Florida Prepaid College Plan at www.myfloridaprepaid.com, or call toll-free, 1-800-552-GRAD (4723) to request an Enrollment Kit in English or Spanish and speak with a customer service representative. Parents …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsParent information packets containing details about the vaccines, a screening form and a parent consent form, will be distributed through schools the week of Oct. 19. Both the H1N1 flu shot and H1N1 flu nasal spray will be offered free …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 Comments“The polling that I saw last year suggested that it was absolutely imperative that there be a united front of school board members, administrators, teachers and parents in order to get 60 percent for a constitutional modification,” said …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsDon’t forget, parents. Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando schools are not having classes today. It’s the end of the grading period, and teachers are doing report cards. If you dropped your kids off for a regular school day, GO GET THEM! …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsInstead of “whipping” the school, let’s start pressuring the PARENTS to be more responsible toward their child’s education. Maybe Jeb, and the entire establishment looking for the lack of “teaching” should look to the child’s first, …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsI just looked at the curriculum for Ed Leadership that my daughter in law is starting and no where is there anything that prepares them for handling vocal teachers, parents, and unruly students…..it’s all theory and hocus …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsIn Pinellas County schools, parents have begun clamoring for more fundamental schools. One group has formed an action committee, Fundamental Schools Advocacy Network, to advance the cause. Its first goal is to persuade the district to …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 CommentsSometimes I think it’s not the parents that cause problems within the school systems; it’s the administration! Posted by: Anne | October 19, 2009 at 01:13 PM. sad observer. and we wonder why our educational system is slipping below …
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Published September 8th, 2010 in Parenting, South Florida and South Florida Dads. 0 Comments75 percent said good teachers can lead all students to learn, even those from poor families or who have uninvolved parents, compared to 24 percent who said it’s too hard for even good teachers to overcome those barriers …
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