The adults making decisions have been at the center of much of the debate regarding Florida’s education policy. They’ve struggled over the freedoms that guardians have and the job that instructors play. Students from all over the state tried to be heard on Friday.
Friday, college and high school students protested Gov. Ron DeSantis’ and the Republican-dominated Legislature’s education agenda by walking out of class. They claimed that the state is moving in a direction that marginalizes marginalized groups and censors ideas, and they do not like it.
Students Gather the attention from Florida Ministry
Two parents in Pinellas County are embroiled in culture wars after their conflict over school politics became too personal. One is looking for a controlling request against the other. The scheduled workshop on challenged book review procedures and policies has been postponed by the Hillsborough County School Board while lawmakers finish their spring session. Discipline rules, according to the Sun-Sentinel, may see the end of the once-popular Promise program that the Broward County school district ran before the Parkland school shooting.
According to WJXT, a brewing scandal involving teacher misbehavior at the district school of the arts could put Diana Greene’s job as superintendent in jeopardy. According to WJXT, a rally in support of Greene is scheduled for Monday.
The Tallahassee Democrat reports that school administrators are pleading with state leaders to further delay higher scores on graduation tests because hundreds of seniors may not graduate.
Superintendents argue that the current graduating class was hindered by the pandemic and should not be subject to the scores, and the state has postponed their implementation twice. According to the Hechinger Report, people are looking into the offer’s real-world effects now that it is available to all K-12 students in Florida.
