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Controversial “Best and Brightest” Teacher Bonus Pay Program Heading for Revisions

December 30, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Under Best and Brightest, first approved by lawmakers in 2015, teachers who are highly rated and scored in the top fifth of the test results on the SAT or ACT, are eligible for bonuses of up to $10,000.

Sorry, Teachers: Don’t Yet Bank on Debit Cards for Classroom Supplies Gov. Scott Promised

August 14, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Gov. Rick Scott touted the $250, tax-free debit cards as he talked about education issues across the state, but as of Tuesday, more than 130,000 teachers out of Florida’s 170,000 are not in line to get one of the Chase debit cards this year.

Feedback Failures: When Flashing a Grade Devalues Students and Teachers

April 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

JoAnn Nahirny views giving feedback to students as one of the most valuable and important things she does as a teacher. Too bad FCAT graders don’t do likewise. Nor does the teacher evaluation process.

Stop Paying Paper-Pushing Administrators And Union Bosses Better Than Teachers

July 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Can anyone imagine the owner of the Miami Heat announcing that LeBron James has done such an outstanding job leading his team to the NBA championship that he is being “promoted” to a front-office job?

Dear Mrs. Nahirny: Tales From the “Don’t Quit” File on Teacher Appreciation Week

May 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Every year during Teacher Appreciation Week (May 7-11), Matanzas’s Jo Ann Nahirny has her English students write thank you cards to teachers, and receives a few herself, which she’s always kept in what she calls her “don’t quit” file. She opens it up.

Merit Pay’s Trap: When Lawmakers Are Clueless About Teachers’ Classroom Realities

April 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Jo Ann C. Nahirny, a teacher at Matanzas High School, describes the gulf between merit pay assumptions about teachers and everyday classroom realities that are beyond teachers’ control. Lawmakers appear clueless.

SB6 Redux: Teacher Merit Pay Bill Advances, But With None of Last Year’s Opposition

February 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The replay of last year’s battle over Senate Bill 6 has been more subdued, the means by which teachers would be evaluated more vague, giving local school districts more say.

Election Primer: Class-Size Amendment 8 Is a Reasonably Multi-Edged Sword

October 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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With the class-size amendment — Amendment 8 — approving it would save money and give schools some flexibility, but it would let the Legislature off the hook on its financial commitment to education.

Crist Vetoes Senate Bill 6

April 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Teachers are celebrating, but by vetoing SB6, Charlie Crist sent a message to Marco Rubio that the race for US Senate will be played out in the general election.

Conklin to Crist: Children Are More Than Test Scores

April 11, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Flagler School Board member Colleen Conklin urges Gov. Charlie Crist to veto Senate Bill 6, which she terms “political” and “inappropriate” for children’s education.

Stolz to Crist: I Am Tired of Teachers

April 11, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Peter Stolz, a former teacher from Palm Coast, urges Gov. Charlie Crist to sign Senate Bill 6 into law.

James Baldwin: A Talk to Teachers

April 11, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

James Baldwin’s “A Talk to Teachers” from 1963 is an apt counterpoint to Florida lawmakers’ attempt, in 2010, to demolish public school teachers and replace the profession with Darwinian hostility.

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