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Old 07-11-2012, 09:22 AM
 
Location: Lithia, FL
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Florida school grades were released today. Those of you planning to move may want to use this as a tool to do your research...
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Old 07-11-2012, 12:12 PM
 
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What does that mean?

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Florida school grades were released today. Those of you planning to move may want to use this as a tool to do your research...
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Old 07-11-2012, 12:54 PM
 
Location: Lithia, FL
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Each school in Florida is given a grade based on performance. If I were moving to Florida from another state(like I did last year), I would use this as a guide as to where I may want to buy/rent my home. For example, if I'm looking at a home that is in a "D" rated school zone, and another home that is in an "A" rated school zone, I would choose the "A" school home.
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Old 07-11-2012, 01:07 PM
 
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Ohh...But wait a minute, that information is available on greatschools.org too! what's different?
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Old 07-11-2012, 01:12 PM
 
Location: Lithia, FL
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The school grades I'm referring to are the ones issued by the state of Florida...
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Old 07-11-2012, 01:20 PM
 
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Do you have a link to the state website for this info? Thanks
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Old 07-11-2012, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Lithia, FL
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School Accountability Report --This is the state website. It's in excel format & difficult to read because it's so large. Bay News 9 created a PDF document for Bay area schools. http://www.baynews9.com/content/dam/...rades-2012.pdf

High school grades will not be released for a while. These are just elementary and middle school grades.
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Old 07-11-2012, 08:23 PM
 
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This is just proof that our schools typically reflect the community from which they are drawing. It's sad that a school drawing from a disadvantaged area is graded using the same criteria as a school from a very affluent area. I find that to be very unfair.
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Old 07-11-2012, 09:28 PM
 
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Default Soooooo...........

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This is just proof that our schools typically reflect the community from which they are drawing. It's sad that a school drawing from a disadvantaged area is graded using the same criteria as a school from a very affluent area. I find that to be very unfair.
So does this imply that after graduation it is unfair to expect that a child from a "disadvantaged" area would be able to compete with children from an "advantaged" area, or, maybe they should just be given "special" consideration when considering them for things such as jobs, salary, homes, etc. and let them get what they haven't been able to earn on their own. Geeze!

Pretty dumb logic!
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Old 07-11-2012, 10:10 PM
 
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So does this imply that after graduation it is unfair to expect that a child from a "disadvantaged" area would be able to compete with children from an "advantaged" area, or, maybe they should just be given "special" consideration when considering them for things such as jobs, salary, homes, etc. and let them get what they haven't been able to earn on their own. Geeze!

Pretty dumb logic!
I think it is your logic that is flawed. The poster is talking about schools and how they are graded. It is unfair to grade all schools regardless of their socioeconomic level on the same scale. We are talking about how schools are rated, and in that their educators, you cant say that a teacher who has a classroom full of kids who come from two parent homes, who's parents are involved and place an emphasis in academics, who get good grades is doing a better job than the teacher who has "disadvantaged" children, who's parents are apathetic to academics, or just don't have the time, because they get lower grades or dont perform as well in the FCAT. It is a fallacy. You want to somehow turn this into an "affirmative action" discussion, which is not, this are children not adults, you cant expect a second grader to take personal responsibility for their studies, you have to teach that behavior, and it usually comes from your parents, when they are not around then is an issue. I used to live in Brandon, my daughter went to a school which was very diverse, she was a b student at best, some c's. Once she started school in South Tampa it was night and day, you have a concentration of students who's parents expect them to do well, and are very involved, so its cool to be smart, its cool to do good in school, in that environment my daughter excelled,and I can tell you the teachers weren't that much better than the ones in Brandon.
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