FOR THE LOVE OF SCIENCE: Hillsborough elementary students build marble roller coasters and more in their Science Olympics. (Times photo, Skip O'Rourke)
GRANTED: Seventy Pinellas teacher win grants to help them pursue new, nontraditional methods in their classrooms.
GRADUATE: US Veterans Affairs secretary Eric Shinseki tells veterans attending USF on the GI Bill to be sure to finish their studies.
BE THERE: Superintendents of several north Florida school districts urge parents to take a more involved role in their children's academic lives, the Florida Times-Union reports.
SHE'S BACK: The St. Lucie teacher who let her class of kindergartners vote a classmate "off the island" soon could be back in front of students, the Palm Beach Post reports.
TINKERING: Volusia officials keep working on proposed new attendance zones amid continued parent complaints, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.
SUPER SUB: Broward superintendent Jim Notter takes over a fifth-grade class for a day when the regular teacher is out, the Miami Herald reports.
LEARNING ENGLISH: The numbers of English language learners in Florida schools are growing, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
NO PRAYER: A federal judge rejects an effort by some Christian educators to overturn a ruling against prayer in Santa Rosa public schools, the Pensacola News-Journal reports.
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Good job Jim Notter. How about following the "leader" on this one Maryellen, JJ and others. We could even have a program that allows administrators to become more grounded as they lead the pack. Require that administrators spend some actual time in the classrooms they were once in and abandonded to "administrate." Too many times they are doing this "administrating" from afar, too many years, and generations, separate them from the real issues of today. This leads to lousy decisions that do not fit the real world.
While we are at it, could we institute the 10% rule? ALL elected officials and anyone making over $100k/yr on the public payroll should take a 10% pay cut. I am sure they could go to the grocery store more comfortably than the laid off, on unemployment, lower paid employees.
Posted by: JohnM | November 07, 2009 at 08:49 AM