May 2, 2013
Honored Westpine Middle mentor never sought limelight
The
way Conrad Forbes sees it, there is more to being an educator today
than teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. And there is more to
being an educational administrator than supervision and maintaining
order. Sometimes, educators have the chance to touch lives for the
better in ways they never imagined.
Education mentor taken by surprise by community award
If
Simone Graham had known that she'd been nominated for a Broward County
Public Schools community involvement award, she might have been less
stunned when she received the letter informing her that she had won in
the category of Mentor of the Year, Elementary Level.
A Science Fair to Remember
Students show off their winning projects at the third annual White House Science Fair
President
Barack Obama rode a bicycle at the White House Science Fair on April
22. But it wasn’t an ordinary bike. As he pedaled, the President stayed
in place, while the energy from his pedaling powered a water filtration
system. He was testing an invention created by a team of 14 students
from Northeast High School, in Oakland Park, Florida.
Teacher raises may kick in this year – not 2014
Florida’s
teachers could get raises as soon as this summer under a revised budget
agreement state lawmakers hammered out Wednesday…Broward Superintendent
Robert Runcie said it’s a good thing the raises can be given sooner,
but he warned teachers not to expect the $2,500 and $3,500 raises being
mentioned inTallahassee. “The dollars aren’t going to meet the
expectations that have been set,” Runcie said. Besides the other
instructional employees the Legislature added into the mix, Runcie said
he still doesn’t know if raises for charter school teachers will also
have to come out of the $47 million the district expects to receive.
“The turkey at the table is only one size,” Runcie said.“The more people
come, the less you’re going to get.”
Florida public online school gets small budget increase
School
districts, teachers and parents are celebrating the $1 billion addition
to the state’s education budget. But not everyone is happy with their
slice of the pie. Florida Virtual School, the state’s public online
school, says it will actually come up about $26 million short due to a
proposed change in the state’s education finance formula.
