In a city that faces some of the greatest challenges in education, Miami Dade College students step up and speak out regarding Florida education reform. Bud Chiles and the Worst to First team joined students to march through downtown Miami to help raise awareness and to encourage others to engage [...]
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Miami Dade College campus leaders speak out
Miami Dade College campus leaders speak out about budget cuts and funding issues that impact students across the state of Florida.
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Breaking Down Education Spending in Florida
Article IX of the Florida State Constitution reads:
The education of children is a fundamental value of the people of the State of Florida. It is, therefore, a paramount duty of the state to make adequate provision for the education of all children residing within its borders. Adequate provision shall be made by law for a [...]
Bud Chiles appears on Facing Florida
“There’s a lot of what my father used to call heifer dust that’s spread around,” Bud said in reference to the questionable ranking.
(In case you wondered, heifer dust is a family-friendly term for something you find in cow pastures.)
Among our issues, Education Week doesn’t account for last year’s budget cuts and a decade-long trend of [...]
Florida Campus Compact – 2010 Student Scholars’ Institute
Florida Campus Compact (FL|CC) is a membership organization of over 50 college and university presidents committed to helping students develop the values and skills of active citizenship through participation in public and community service. FL|CC works with these presidents and their campuses to integrate service with academic study and to provide a collegial experience for [...]
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Stepping Up and Speaking Out > Miami Dade College
In a city that faces some of the greatest challenges in education, Miami Dade College students step up and speak out regarding Florida education reform. Bud Chiles and the Worst to First team joined students to march through downtown Miami to help raise awareness and to encourage others to engage [...]
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Florida ranks 42nd - Spending on corrections vs. education
Florida ranks 50th in per capita spending on education, but ranks 16th in the nation in spending on corrections. Source: NEA Rankings of the States 2008
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- 3rd Annual Raise Your Voice for Service-Learning Conference http://ow.ly/1gfYO Florida Learn & Serve > C U there!
- RT @saraebest: I would like to see more untraditional schools, schools that connect students w/outside community to learn. #edchat
- RT @jennar: RT @openstudy: Education reform is robust topic. Here are 50 great blogs on education reform. http://bit.ly/a1BKKZ #edchat
- Service-Learning: Turning Ideas Into Action http://ow.ly/1g7Rv Students who serve are students who LEAD! @Worsttofirst
- RT @fivepromises: Teachers give views on education reform in new report by Scholastic & Gates Foundation http://bit.ly/98Jst1 #edreform
- FACT: 104,000 FL students did not graduate HS in 2009; lost lifetime earnings in FL for that class of dropouts = $27B http://ow.ly/1g4d8
- FL would see $507M in reduced crime spending & increased earnings if male HS graduation rate increased by just 5% http://ow.ly/1g3CO