To address the teacher shortage issue, we must address the teacher respect issue in our country. We must stop normalizing providing teachers with inadequate resources to be successful.

How Florida’s new state mandated testing system is going… We hate to say “I told you so” but… Minimize Testing #Florida 1/

Many thanks to the Alachua County Council of PTAs, which collected and delivered goodies to everyone staffing the shelters at Eastside and Meadowbrook!

"As they have since at least 2003, Florida's 2022 NAEP scores peaked in 4th grade and collapsed in 8th. The likely culprits: 1) 3rd grade retention 2) Voucher kid movement 3) Deep test fatigue" #NAEP2022 #Florida

“There is a cost to becoming a great nation... That cost is education. It is paying, supporting and respecting veteran teachers. Are we still willing to pay it?” #SavePublicEd #FLPublicEdVoter

So teachers and students lost six days of math instruction in DCPS for what? When we collect data just for the sake of collecting data grumpyoldteacher.com/.../lol-we-alr…...

What do all of these people have on common?

It’s Giving Tuesday! Will you spread a little cheer by donating to organizations across Alachua County that help improve the lives of children & families? Together, we can improve the lives of children in our county. #families #givingtuesdayFL #kids

Seeking new email host 4 a small business. Reliable & responsive w/minimal service interruptions or other issues.

Friends with small businesses - what service do you use for email hosting?

American Academy of Pediatrics says critical factor how students learn to read “is not how aggressively,” they get instruction, but their “own enthusiasm for learning.” Early programs might "interfere" with that enthusiasm.

Anyone going through the Rackspace Technology email situation able to successfully migrate to O365? I keep getting errors.

I just wrote a Prevent Gun Violence Florida letter: STOP PERMITLESS CARRY IN FLORIDA . Write one here to State Senate President Kathleen Passidomo: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-p… #StopPermitlessCarry Kathleen Passidomo #StopPermitlessCarry #EndGunViolenceFL

Techie friends: is there a service that allows you to share video files behind a firewall so the link can't be downloaded or forwarded?

“history is not ours to hoard from children. History has always been theirs to make. And the more they're empowered to know our yesterdays, the more prepared they will be to lead us into tomorrow.” Amanda Gorman #LetThemRead Florida Freedom to Read Project

Why is segregated education problematic? When children of diverse backgrounds learn together, they learn to live, work and govern together. When they're learning is segregated, they make society segregated. Segregation creates injustice and tolerates evil. We must end it.

“Privatization is not just about privatizing the folks who get to provide education (or education-flavored products). It is about privatizing the responsibility for getting children an education.” curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2024/05/univer…

“Our public schools aren’t perfect. Much has been done to them in the name of privatization. But Americans might want to think twice before rejecting them. Instead, they might want to roll up their sleeves and see how to save their schools.” #Project2025 nancyebailey.com/2024/07/07/pro…

The FLBOE meets Wednesday to approve changes to #Florida's School Grade Calculation. This will be the FIFTH YEAR IN THE ROW that changes have been made to Florida's School Grade Calculation. accountabaloney.com/floridas-schoo…