Florida's application for a share of the $4.35 billion federal Race to the Top fund could become a $1 billion request, Florida Education Commissioner Eric J. Smith told reporters in a conference call yesterday. Federal guidelines say big states like Florida should aim for changes in the $350 million to $700 range, but' [...]
Florida Education Commissioner Eric J. Smith, a defendant in the education lawsuit filed this morning, tonight issued this statement in response:
“It’s unfortunate that this lawsuit diminishes the significant progress that has been made by our children over the last decade and simply ignores the performance of a state that [...]
In this letter in today's Winter Haven News Chief, Florida Education Commissioner Eric J. Smith responds to concerns in this article that the state is too focused on college readiness, at the expense of career and technical tracks:
To be absolutely clear, the new (high school) grading system does [...]
Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday was supposed to be on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 the other night.Anderson Cooper [...]
We're not sure. But company officials are meeting with Florida Education Commissioner Eric J. Smith in Orlando this week, and about 20 superintendents have been invited, including Julie Janssen in Pinellas and MaryEllen Elia in Hillsborough.
Green Dot has a reputation for turning around troubled schools in Los Angeles -- and for being
Ruh-roh. We knew the worst wasn’t over, didn’t we? Florida’s budget could be $2.6 billion in the red next year, according to a new financial report out yesterday.
Education Commissioner Eric J. Smith sent this warning to superintendents last week:
Based on currently approved revenue sources and historical legislative budgeting practices, [...]
Jeb Bush isn't the only one doing his best to spread his vision of education reform to other states. Former Florida education commissioner John Winn, a close Bush ally and a leading architect of Florida's accountability system, is the keynote speaker tomorrow' [...]
