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The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires that, in order for states to receive federal funding, all teachers must be "highly qualified" as defined in the law by the end of the 2006-07 school year. [2] The Florida Department of Education has defined a highly qualified teacher to be one who has (1) fulfilled the state's ...
These schools collectively served 2,870,527 students through the end of the 2021-2022 school year. As of 2021, there are 2,640 private elementary and secondary schools in Florida, collectively serving 486,830 students. [12] Attempts to develop public schools began as early as 1831, when the Florida Education Society was founded in Tallahassee.
In pre-K through high school, Florida excelled (ranked 5th) in college readiness and finished 12th in preschool enrollment. But other scores were more middling, with the graduation rate ranked ...
The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, or FEAPs, are core standards provided by the Florida Department of Education for teacher development, detailing the knowledge and skills teachers are expected to have. They provide the framework for Florida's teaching prep programs, certification requirements, and teacher assessment systems.
Miami-Dade became the sixth of the 10 largest school districts in Florida to lower their minimum level of education for short-term substitute teachers, according to the Miami Herald.
As of the 2010-2011 school year it has been called the "FCAT 2.0" On actual test material it is labeled "FCAT 2.0 Next Generation Sunshine State Standards." As of the 2014-2015 school year, many grades do not take the FCAT, and it has now been formally replaced with the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA). [4]
School districts statewide are working to fill 9,000 teacher vacancies with just weeks until the start of the school year, according to numbers from the Florida Education Association (FEA).
DCPS has 163 regular-attendance schools as of the 2015-16 school year: 102 elementary schools, 24 middle schools, 1 K-6 school, 2 K-8 schools, 2 6-12 schools and 19 high schools. The district also has an adult education system through its Bridge to Success program and Parent Academy, six dedicated ESE schools, as well as a hospital/homebound ...