Dual enrollment: Students enrolled in the College Academy at Broward College take classes on the college’s campus with Broward College professors, but they also get the support of a high school, all for free. Sun Sentinel.
Career academies: Clay County plans to redesign high schools into wall-to-wall career academies. Florida Times-Union. Mulberry’s Automotive Academy in Polk County realigns to earn certifications. The Ledger.
Private schools: Private school principals say Duval public school officials are partly to blame for a Title I shortfall that’s affecting how private schools deliver services to needy students. Florida Times-Union. Scheck Hillel Community Day School students in North Miami Beach receive advice on how to accomplish their goals from best-selling author Adam Grant. Miami Herald.
District schools: Brevard Public Schools leaders seek comment on a preliminary list of budget cuts for the 2014-15 school year, and an additional list of cuts for 2015-16 if the half-cent sales tax fails at the ballot in November. Florida Today. The general counsel for the Hernando County School District defends the superintendent’s decision to transfer an assistant superintendent to a warehouse position. Tampa Bay Times.
School choice: Moving forward with plans to reopen two elementary schools as tech magnets, Pinellas district leaders schedule a second application period for parents seeking options outside their zoned schools. Tampa Bay Times.
State testing: Opt Out Orlando is a group dedicated to discussing options to the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and other high-stakes exams. Orlando Sentinel.
Common Core: StateImpact Florida looks at how the new education standards address poverty.
Education spending: Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal for a big boost in education funding amounts to about $6,949 per-student, but that’s still below the 2007-08 high of $7,126. The Tampa Tribune.
Marco Rubio: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio unveils education reforms aimed at higher ed that could become a part of a presidential platform in 2016. The Hill. More from the Associated Press.
Debate club: Beth Kassab looks at what’s going right for Orange County schools, and how amazing things that can happen when the right people get together like the revival of a high school’s debate club. Orlando Sentinel.
After-school programs: Leon County Schools partners with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Big Bend to ensure the survival of after-school programs. Tallahassee Democrat.
Conduct: Duval County fires one of its teachers because she has a history of not keeping an eye on her kindergarten students. Florida Times-Union.
