/tags/school-grades school grades en-US WLRN Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:24:48 GMT /news/2019-11-07/to-help-bring-readers-up-to-grade-level-delray-beach-hosts-an-elementary-school-wide-story-hour The city of Delray Beach wants to make sure its elementary school students read at grade level.It kicked off its eighth annual “Delray Reads” event at… Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:24:48 GMT /news/2019-11-07/to-help-bring-readers-up-to-grade-level-delray-beach-hosts-an-elementary-school-wide-story-hour /education/2018-06-28/south-florida-school-district-leaders-celebrate-a-b-ratings-from-state Three South Florida school districts earned “A” grades for the academic year that just ended.The Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Monroe county school districts… Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:54:52 GMT /education/2018-06-28/south-florida-school-district-leaders-celebrate-a-b-ratings-from-state Jessica Bakeman /education/2015-11-16/international-baccalaureate-programs-finding-homes-in-florida-middle-and-elementary-schools It’s game day in the eighth grade International Baccalaureate design class at Ada Merritt K-8 Center in Little Havana in Miami.The games the students are… Mon, 16 Nov 2015 05:37:36 GMT /education/2015-11-16/international-baccalaureate-programs-finding-homes-in-florida-middle-and-elementary-schools /education/2015-09-30/read-the-first-results-from-floridas-new-statewide-test Florida school districts received the first round of test results from the Florida Standards Assessments this week.The results show what percentage of… Wed, 30 Sep 2015 20:37:06 GMT /education/2015-09-30/read-the-first-results-from-floridas-new-statewide-test /education/2015-08-04/new-database-will-track-who-runs-charter-schools Florida school districts will have a new way to track the financial and academic records of charter school operators.For the first time, a new database is… Tue, 04 Aug 2015 22:15:43 GMT /education/2015-08-04/new-database-will-track-who-runs-charter-schools /education/2015-01-08/florida-comes-in-28th-on-state-education-system-rankings Florida's earned a C grade and ranked 28th overall on this year's Education Week Quality Counts ratings.Education Week gave the state strong scores for… Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:23:29 GMT /education/2015-01-08/florida-comes-in-28th-on-state-education-system-rankings /education/2014-11-25/your-guide-to-the-florida-standards-assessments We're taking this week to help parents and students understand the new Florida Standards Assessments, which students will take for the first time… Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:12:04 GMT /education/2014-11-25/your-guide-to-the-florida-standards-assessments /education/2014-10-17/florida-will-fight-u-s-education-department-over-english-learners A 10th grader born in Haiti struggles to read in his class at Godby High School in Tallahassee. The student is more comfortable with Haitian Creole than… Fri, 17 Oct 2014 20:00:16 GMT /education/2014-10-17/florida-will-fight-u-s-education-department-over-english-learners /education/2014-09-03/miami-dade-schools-chief-wants-to-delay-testing-school-grades Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said Florida leaders should rethink the scope and purpose of education testing, and give schools more time to… Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:13:24 GMT /education/2014-09-03/miami-dade-schools-chief-wants-to-delay-testing-school-grades /2014-07-11/more-schools-earn-failing-grades-as-florida-prepares-for-common-core-switch More Florida elementary and middle schools earned an F rating this year, according to preliminary public school grades released Friday. But the number of schools earning the state’s highest rating Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:28:34 GMT /2014-07-11/more-schools-earn-failing-grades-as-florida-prepares-for-common-core-switch John O'Connor