Today is exciting, in that this website has been refreshed and updated with the 2013-2014 data. Florida is the only state in the country that has this quality of teacher level data publicly available. Take advantage of this data if you are a parent or looking to recruit teachers for charter schools- your school with never be better than the quality of your teachers.
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