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Really increases the amount of retenti retention. >> finding that really helped me. i didn't even realize it until, you know, junior year when i said i haven't really gotten in trouble this year. what's going on? >> jonathan was part of a team that won a space station design competition. he is going to sri he knows yaw college in illinois. >> suggested we were at the bottom of the pack. now we see the kind of improvement that other people can model and see improvement in their states as well. 24 other states have adopted parts of the florida formula. up next we have shown you how technology ...

Staff -- went to staff. >> all of our schools say it is bad not just certain schools. >> how would you go about using mental math? >> dedicated work force that's what makes it a winning formula. not necessarily the formula itself. >> once you reach a certain level number you have this coding. >> can he as a member of the legislature greatly impact the laws created. >> we went to edge water high school also in orlando to see how they are working with the florida formula to produce top results. >> isn't that crazy. reading is so much fun and enlight enlightening. >> up to two years ago the schoo...

Really increases the amount of retenti retention. >> finding that really helped me. i didn't even realize it until, you know, junior year when i said i haven't really gotten in trouble this year. what's going on? >> jonathan was part of a team that won a space station design competition. he is going to sri he knows yaw college in illinois. >> suggested we were at the bottom of the pack. now we see the kind of improvement that other people can model and see improvement in their states as well. 24 other states have adopted parts of the florida formula. up next we have shown you how technology ...

56 percent to almost 71 percent in florida in the last 10 years. while graduation rates nationally have struggled. former governor jeb bush says there's a formula to florida's gain. bush fought the educational establishment to implement gold reforms that are now being adopted in other states. >> the florida formula is focused on accountability and the way we do that is we rate schools a, b, c, d and f. >> there are politicians they don't know anything about education. >> most of this is not about dictating what teachers do it's about setting expectations of the results. >> one of bush's most i...

Growth. she also scored one of the highest in my class on the bench mark test. >> when i first started the year i was going to be dropping now i am getting a, b. >> reading scores are increased 10 percent. writing scores are up 86 percent. the florida formula paid schools that earn a grades. joe ann says that money should be spent. >> all of the schools are adequately funded. they are modernized. >> that's like paying for grades. you are getting financial incentives to schools that are doing better. >> i guess the other system is to pay for failure. i would rather be paying for improvement and...