The state Board of Education has adopted a “strategic plan” that sets different goals for different racial and ethnic groups. The Florida Board of Education set different proficiency goals for different racial groups. (Palm Beach Post file photo) The rea
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One thing Emily Lu likes about writing is that it allows her to put her 10-year-old imagination into overdrive. "It's fun to write fantasy stories for me because you can make things up and make them juicier," the fourth-grader said. "You can put everythi
A first-time report released Thursday on the nation's five most heavily populated states, or "megastates," shows that Florida students made some of the most significant gains over 19 years on closely watched federal tests. Of these large states, only Flo
The Palm Beaches represent one of the largest residential concentrations of wealth in the world. A popular destination for shopping celebrities, political fundraisers and bejeweled billionaires, Palm Beach and West Palm Beach make a vacation pairing most
To simplify an ever-growing list of school rankings, Virginia lawmakers have approved a new way to rate the state’s schools, and it’s borrowed straight from teachers’ grade books: A to F letter grades . Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) championed the A to F
Arvella Clare, who ran unsuccessfully for the Cape Coral state House seat last fall, said she will be a candidate for Lee County School Board next year, running for the seat held by Don Armstrong. Clare, a 13-year Cape resident, has been involved with sc
It’s a slap in the face to the African American community and the Hispanic community….It sets us back a hundred years to when the expectations for a person were based on the color of your skin....