State: Florida

Overview

Florida
Your Guide to Data and Services for Florida

SREB works with Florida policymakers, colleges and schools to help them improve education. From this page, find independent, accurate data, reliable best practices and ways to share scarce resources — plus details on how Florida uses SREB’s targeted programs and services.

Florida Members of the Board

Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, Tallahassee, ex officio (2023)
Karin Hoffman, Vice President, Sonshine Educational Tours, Coral Springs (2020)
T. Patterson Maney, Shalimar (2021)
Joe H. Pickens, President, St. Johns River State College, Palatka (2015)
Rene Plasencia, State Representative, Orlando (2022)

(Appointments to the Board are made by the Governor. Terms expire June 30 of the specified year.)

Florida Members of the Legislative Advisory Council

Rene Plasencia, State Representative, Orlando

Publication November 20189 pages

Florida
College Affordability Profile

To help policymakers assess and improve college affordability in their states, SREB provides tailored reports on the policies, programs and prices that drive affordability. Each member-state profile details net price at different types of institutions, state financial aid based on need or other factors, student borrowing, and percentage of family income needed to pay for college at different income levels.

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Spotlight

School Is My Happy Place
Educator Effectiveness Spotlight

Happy staff. Hardworking students. Supportive parents.

School culture matters. It affects teachers’ morale and instruction,  parent engagement, and students’ behavior and learning. Developing and sustaining a positive school culture is hard — but one Florida elementary school has a lot of creative ideas for making it work.

Publication June 201840 pages(18E03-FL)

Florida: Looking Closer

Looking Closer is the eighth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB’s Challenge to Lead goals for education. Each customized state report documents progress on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student achievement, high school graduation, college completion and workforce readiness.

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DATA GRAPHICS SNAPSHOT

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News

Florida Joins Distance Ed Agreement

SARA collaboration among states expands online options for students, reduces costs for institutions

The state of Florida was approved by the Southern Regional Education Board to join the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA)

Publication May 20164 pages

Professional Learning
Florida

SREB researchers gathered information on efforts in Florida, particularly at the Florida Department of Education, to foster effective professional learning on the state’s college- and career-readiness stan-dards, the Language Arts Florida Standards and Mathematics Florida Standards. In collaboration with SREB states and national experts, SREB identified a set of expected state actions — “look-fors” — in four areas of state leadership in professional learning.

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Blog post By Jon Schmidt-Davis

Highly Qualified Turnaround Leaders Emerge in Florida

The Florida Turnaround Leaders Program is a big hit in Florida that will ultimately result in better principals, better schools, and higher-performing students. “This program has provided the best professional development I have ever experienced in my 25 years as an educator,” said one participant.

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Florida Middle School Creates Success Academy

Pinellas Park Middle School is about as challenging a school as you can find in Florida. The state has assigned it a grade of D for the past several years. All of its students receive free lunch. Twenty-three percent of its students have already been in some form of drop-out prevention program prior to enrolling at Pinellas Park.