Florida reforms make an impression. They’re a model for other states and influenced the Obama administration, writes The Guardian.
Still working. A teacher who lost his job in the Pasco school district after sending inappropriate text messages to a female student lands in the Hillsborough district, where he has been put on leave for undisclosed reasons, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
More outrage over Orange County charter school. Tampa Bay Times columnist John Romano links the $500,000 payment to a failing charter schools’ principal to other issues with charters and suggests state leaders are hypocrites and fools for not offering more oversight. Charter school supporters are also upset by what happened, redefinED reports.
Revisit new teacher evals. Editorializes the Tampa Bay Times.
Rick Scott’s ed plan has merit. Editorializes the Daytona Beach New Journal.
School choice politics. Surfaces over a school board election flyer in Duval County (Florida Times Union), in a key state senate race in South Florida (South Florida Sun-Sentinel), in this piece about campaign spending by education interest groups (Orlando Sentinel).
School board splits on public school choice in Lee County. From Fox 4.
Florida’s teachers unions among the weakest. According to a new report from the Fordham Institute.
