Education Reform Continues

With barely a wimper from the media machine that only covers the battles they hope to influence, Florida passed Sanate Bill 736. The bill passed March 16 provides for teacher evaluations with at least 50% of teacher's evaluations measured by student's FCAT scores. The other half would be given by administrators. The bill also lets districts establish performance-based salary schedules.

There will be a ban on tenure for teachers hired after July 1. Instead, there would be one-year contracts for new teachers. And no layoffs will be based on seniority.