The Florida Legislature might not scrap its controversial bonus program tying teachers to old ACT or SAT scores, but it has acknowledged change is in order.
Over its two-year lifespan, the Best and Brightest Scholarship Program has garnered more criticism than praise by rewarding teachers up to $10,000 based on their college admission scores.
“I am all for rewarding teachers, but my continued concern about ‘Best and Brightest’ is that it discriminates against people who never took these exams, or took them too long ago,” said Michelle Dillon, the…
