Monthly Archives: February 2011

Using Data in Education

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

Last week, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) released Data for Action 2010, an annual nationwide analysis of states’ ability to collect and use data to improve student achievement. For the 5th year in a row, Florida achieved a perfect score … Continue reading →

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Getting Involved in Education

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

Today, Florida’s State Board of Education met to discuss a number of important education policies and issues. Their discussions centered on things such as integrating more digital content into our classrooms and turning around our lowest performing schools. (The complete … Continue reading →

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Reading and literacy

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

In January, the Department celebrated the importance of reading and literacy with Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida! We had more than 15 million minutes captured statewide during the Million Minute Marathon - and countless other literacy activities in communities and districts. This coming weekend, … Continue reading →

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