Education Bill Helps Students, Teachers
April 1, 2010 |15:46 | Education Importance By : Team X
Education isn't about politics. But, over the past several weeks some opponents of an important piece of education legislation have utilized politics as a talking point in their widespread campaign of misinformation and fear tactics, designed to defeat this solid element of education policy.
Senate Bill 6 is good for students, good for teachers and good for Florida. With the passage of this legislation in the Senate on Wednesday we have heard more of the same from the opposition. Opponents to this legislation say the current system for teacher evaluation is fine.
Last year, 99.7 percent of teachers in the state earned a "satisfactory" evaluation, yet 50 percent of our high school students, 35 percent of our middle school students and 30 percent of our elementary students didn't make a year's worth of progress in reading. (And 60 percent, 40 percent and 30 percent, respectively, were not reading on grade level.) That's fine?

















