Clayton Christensen Says: Don’t Stifle Florida’s Education Innovation
This article hits a little closer to home…..read it my fellow Floridians.
Click Here To Read About The Florida’s Education System
Article Introduction (Via Harvard Business)
Florida has been a leader in education innovation over the last decade, but one bill currently under review by the state senate’s Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means–Senate Bill 1676–threatens to wipe much of that out with one misguided and foolhardy swipe.
In its present form, the bill restricts the Florida Virtual School (FLVS)–one of the bigger policy and public education innovation success stories–in such ways that, as its president, Julie Young, said, “[it] would drastically impact our long-standing commitment to support the educational needs of all students of this state.”
Additional Article Excerpts (Via Havard Business)
This would be tragic, as FLVS possesses many of the hallmarks of an innovation that has the opportunity to help transform public education from its present monolithic, one-size-fits-all form into a far more student-centric experience.
The bill also eliminates the extra 11.4 percent full-time student add-on that FLVS began receiving a few years ago to compensate it for the fact that it only receives funds if its students pass a class successfully–whereas all other schools receive funding no matter the outcome for the student.
