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The CCD School Locator was created to enable the public to find the correct name, address, telephone number, NCES ID number, urbanicity (rural, large city, etc.), and other student and teacher information for public schools as reported to NCES by state education officials in each state.

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OneNote in Education: A framework for teaching and learning with OneNote class notebooks

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The biggest obstacle when selling to schools

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Disastrous technical failures forced school districts across the state to temporarily pull the plug on the online component of Florida's new standardized test, which debuted Monday.

After some students in grades 8-10 reported problems logging into the writing portion of the exam, officials in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties were among those who suspended testing for the day. Palm Beach County schools will suspend online testing Tuesday; Broward is recommending its schools also suspend online testing. It's not clear when testing will resume.

State education officials said 36 school districts reported problems. In Palm Beach County, 10 schools were affected; in Broward, it affected about a dozen. Problems varied: some students could not log in while others were booted out halfway through the test.

"It's a nightmare," said Broward School Board member Nora Rupert, adding the transition to the new tests "should have been slowed down."

The new exams, known as the Florida Standards Assessment, replace the math, reading and writing portions of the FCAT and will be taken mostly online. The younger grades, however, will still take paper-based exams.

"We're pretty disappointed," said Palm Beach County's Chief Academic Officer Keith Oswald, who called the situation a major disruption. "The last thing we want to do is frustrate the students and the schools."

The big concern was the system crashed when only a small number of students were scheduled to take it. Schools have a two-week window to complete the writing exam.

"I think this is a clear message and wake-up call for the Legislature to consider proposals that are on the table to extend the implementation period," said Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie.

Lawmakers are considering bills that would suspend the high stakes attached to the new tests for two years.

Student tests scores are used to determine whether third-graders are retained or high schoolers can graduate. Results also factor into school grades and teacher evaluations. The state agreed to waive consequences for schools that earn poor grades this year.

Paula Wood, who teaches ninth grade at Plantation High, said her school scheduled nearly every ninth-grader to take the test Monday. Students began complaining during the morning session and the school later announced the afternoon testing session had been cancelled.

"I had a lot of students who were frustrated, a lot of them were confused," she said. "Teachers had to revamp what they were doing in class."

Parent Stuart Berger said Cypress Bay High School in Weston also experienced problems. His son began taking the test at 7 a.m. and had no problem. However, his son's friend took half of the test before the system wiped out her work.

It's "not right to put the kids through this," he said via email. "And doing a writing test on the computer without practice is not a good idea. Someone should be held accountable."

The state had school districts run practice trials on the online testing platform but each district did their trial runs at different times, Palm Beach County school officials said. That could have given the state the false impression that the testing portal could handle the onslaught of students using the system.

"I'm sure the system is overwhelmed," said Debra Robinson, a Palm Beach school board member. "All of a sudden hundreds of thousands of students are trying to get on at the same time. That's one more reason we need to back off of this.''

Florida Department of Education spokeswoman Meghan Collins said the agency was investigating the issues and working to resolve it.

"While many students across our state are testing successfully, we have heard from some districts that are experiencing difficulties. This is a 90-minute test. Students have a two-week window, plus a makeup window, to complete the test," she said.

Wood said teachers were concerned about whether students who had taken the exam would tell others about the test questions, and what impact that could have on scores.

"What does it mean for the students who took the test this morning; are the results valid? It all goes into our evaluations," she said.
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On the first day of the new statewide assessments, some schools have suspending testing because of technical problems. Students in eighth, ninth and 10th grades were taking the writing test on Monday, but some students were having trouble logging into the testing portal.

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Choosing and buying the right technology can be a daunting process, especially if you don't know where to begin With marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, Google Marketplace, AirBNB, and OpenTab...

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This past week I was supposed to travel to Sonoma Valley and train customers, a trip of a lifetime.

Instead, I chose what was "Better." I went to a Retina specialist appointment, to the Audiologist (again) and to the Beauty parlor with my mother and took her to visit friends.

We recorded the love story of how mom and dad fell in love at Limestone College in the video of the week Frankie and Johnny Part 1 and Part 2 and wrote cards to her friends.

Our sweet neighbors came over and brought their dogs and children to play in the backyard while we sat and chatted. I literally have not done this in years. Children and dogs and good friends on a beautiful day. #noregrets

I even convinced Roger to go to Caesar's Head with me after he got home from work one day. He told me my retirement is messing up his after work nap schedule, but agreed to go!

Mentoring through the Mentor Upstate Program has helped me keep my foot in the door at schools and interact with students over the last 4 years.

My Mentee loves dogs (her puppy died) so I brought sweet Ruby to meet her this week. I would say it was a huge success!

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My long time friend and teaching partner, Dr. Julie Hartman, visited on Friday and we shared our hopes and dreams for children in Greenville County.

Roger and I istened to music in downtown Greenville on Friday night and saw my dear friend who I vacationed with each year growing up. Our dads were best friends from the Spartanburg Herald Journal.

Finally, we walked in the Heart Walk with Roger's sweet friends from Greenville HeartLife and enjoyed a leisurely brunch laughing and eating tons of yummy food.

Being so intentional with my time as I choose what is "Better."

Questions:

What is one thing you can do today that brings you peace and joy?

Spend time on what really matters- love, relationships, and nurturing your soul. Listen to music that inspires you, enjoy nature or exercise or read, watch a movie, rest.

Thanks for your time! I hope "better" days are ahead for you.

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