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		<title>Education Week: Florida</title>
		<description>Education Week: News and Information About Issues in Education for Educators</description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Florida Governor Says Closures Don't Work, Schools Will Stay Open]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/30/florida-governor-says-closures-dont-work_ap.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/30/florida-governor-says-closures-dont-work_ap.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Monday that schools will be required to remain open despite the rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, arguing lockdowns and closures have not worked.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Florida mayors plead with governor to take action on virus]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/18/florida-mayors-plead-with-governor-to_ap.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/18/florida-mayors-plead-with-governor-to_ap.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Virus worries latest hurdle in Florida school shooting case]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/17/virus-worries-latest-hurdle-in-florida_ap.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/17/virus-worries-latest-hurdle-in-florida_ap.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Florida School Reopening Date Arrives as Legal Skirmishing Continues]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/school_law/2020/08/florida_school_reopening_date_.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/school_law/2020/08/florida_school_reopening_date_.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A state appellate court indicated it was likely to side with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration's emergency order requiring schools to open for brick-and-mortar instruction.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[In One School Community, Three Deaths From COVID-19]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/08/17/in-one-school-community-three-deaths-from.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/08/17/in-one-school-community-three-deaths-from.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Tallahassee, Fla., K-8 school is mourning two staff members and a former employee. All of them recently died from the virus.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Educational Opportunities and Performance in Florida]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/01/22/highlights-report-florida.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/01/22/highlights-report-florida.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[LGBTQ Issues Roil Florida School-Choice Debate]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/03/04/lgbtq-issues-roil-florida-school-choice-debate.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/03/04/lgbtq-issues-roil-florida-school-choice-debate.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[As lawmakers weigh expansion of the state’s voucher and tax-credit scholarship programs, some renew a push for anti-discrimination protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[People Keep on Saying They're Killing the Common Core. How Dead Is It?]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/01/27/people-keep-on-saying-theyre-killing-the.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/01/27/people-keep-on-saying-theyre-killing-the.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Florida's governor declares a standards overhaul would "remove all vestiges" of the common core. But it remains unclear how much is really changing under the Florida Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Florida Teachers Seeking Pay Boost Have a Big Opportunity]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2020/01/florida_teachers_seeking_pay_boost_have_a_big_opportunity.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2020/01/florida_teachers_seeking_pay_boost_have_a_big_opportunity.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Florida's teachers are marching on Tallahassee today. Hard-working teachers deserve a big raise and talented teachers are profoundly underpaid. But teachers ought not overplay their hand, or they're likely to face a backlash of their own.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[An Unexpected 'Education Governor' and What's Next for Florida]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/17/an-unexpected-education-governor-and-whats-next.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/17/an-unexpected-education-governor-and-whats-next.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis had a thin record on K-12 issues as a Florida congressman, but as a first-term Republican governor he’s pushed an aggressive agenda on issues such as vouchers, teacher salaries and bonus pay, and even the common core.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Educational Opportunities and Performance in Florida]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/01/16/highlights-report-florida.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/01/16/highlights-report-florida.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Florida Passes Anti-Semitism Bill for Public Schools]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/05/03/florida-passes-anti-semitism-bill-for-public-schools.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/05/03/florida-passes-anti-semitism-bill-for-public-schools.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A bill prohibiting anti-Semitism in Florida's public schools and universities is going to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Florida Coach, Wife Electrocuted While Installing Scoreboard]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/03/20/florida-coach-wife-electrocuted-while-installing-scoreboard.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/03/20/florida-coach-wife-electrocuted-while-installing-scoreboard.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Officials say a high school baseball coach and his wife were electrocuted while installing a new scoreboard at a Florida baseball field to replace one that had been destroyed by Hurricane Michael.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Florida Governor Signs Divisive Bill Allowing for Armed Teachers]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2019/05/florida_governor_signs_divisive_bill_allowing_for_armed_teachers.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2019/05/florida_governor_signs_divisive_bill_allowing_for_armed_teachers.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Florida's governor signed a bill that will allow schools to arm classroom teachers, part of a longer list of school safety changes made after a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last year.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[A Florida City Forever Changed]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/02/28/a-florida-city-forever-changed.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/02/28/a-florida-city-forever-changed.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The scene at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and the surrounding area after the shootings shifted from chaos and panic to grief, anger, and calls for swift and aggressive action to prevent other school attacks.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Florida State Education Commissioner Pam Stewart Resigns]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2018/12/florida_state_superintendent_pam_stewart_resigns.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2018/12/florida_state_superintendent_pam_stewart_resigns.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The state's board of education had renewed Commissioner Pam Stewart's contract for a year before the midterm election but after the election of a new Republican governor, she said she'd leave in January instead.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Betsy DeVos Greenlights Florida's ESSA Plan. Now All 50 States Have Been Approved.]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/09/betsy_devos_florida_essa_accountability_ELLs.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/09/betsy_devos_florida_essa_accountability_ELLs.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has finally OK'd Florida's plan to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act. That means that single state, plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, has gotten the go-ahead for its plan.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[The Parkland Shooting's Role in the Close Florida Senate Race]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/11/parkland-shooting-impact-florida-senate-race-nelson-scott.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/11/parkland-shooting-impact-florida-senate-race-nelson-scott.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The impact of the killings of students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School could extend into the tight Florida contest that will help decide control of the U.S. Senate.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Vows to Stop Common Core]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2018/09/desantis_common_core_florida_campaign.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2018/09/desantis_common_core_florida_campaign.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis is renewing a political trend that had fallen dormant: calling for the end of the use of the shared standards.]]></description>
				<category>Florida</category>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Lawsuit Challenges Florida's Post-Parkland Plan to Arm Some School Employees]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2018/11/lawsuit_challenges_floridas_post-parkland_plan_to_arm_some_school_employees.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2018/11/lawsuit_challenges_floridas_post-parkland_plan_to_arm_some_school_employees.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Florida]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Florida district's decision to put armed "school safety assistants" in its elementary schools puts the safety and well-being of its students at risk and oversteps existing state law, says a lawsuit, which could topple school security plans throughout the state.]]></description>
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