Online learning. Broward College creates Broward College Online. South Florida Sun Sentinel. Flagler considers distributing thousands of laptops to high school students next year. Daytona Beach News Journal. Patricia Levesque, executive director of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, tells the News Service of Florida (subscription required) that it didn’t get traction on its top priority last spring but will continue to push for it: moving the state “to a one-to-one student-to-technology-or-digital-device ratio by 2016.”
Dual enrollment. Add the Pensacola News Journal to the list of papers writing on the cost shift to districts for dual enrollment.
Teacher conduct. Parents file a second lawsuit against a Coconut Creek preschool after allegations that students were molested by a music teacher. South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Teacher pay. The Collier County School Board will decide whether teachers get a raise in the wake of a special magistrate’s recommendation in favor of it. Naples Daily News.
Early learning. Ninety community leaders gather in Pensacola to stress its importance. Pensacola News Journal.
School discipline. Expulsions down a lot in Hillsborough. Tampa Bay Times.
STEM. Hundreds of students participate in STEM-focused summer camps organized by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Stetson University and Daytona State College. Daytona Beach News Journal.
