Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts. Hundreds of parents have started applications for Florida’s newest school choice option for special needs students. Gainesville Sun. Gradebook.
Lawsuits. The Washington Examiner takes on the Florida Education Association’s lawsuit over school choice legislation.
Early learning. PolitiFact checks Gov. Rick Scott’s claims about preschool funding.
Campaigns. Scott is among the Republican governors being targeted by national teachers unions. Politico, via StateImpact. Rival Charlie Crist continues to talk about education issues during campaign stops. Naples Daily News. Fort Myers News-Press. Sarasota school board candidates debate Common Core. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Arts. Hernando schools will allow students to transfer out of schools that lack music programs. Tampa Bay Times.
Budgets. Digital learning, a new program for children with autism and an expansion of district choice options are part of the funding proposal in Miami-Dade. Miami Herald. WPLG. Supporters are gearing up for an Orange County sales tax referendum. Orlando Sentinel. Manatee schools are trying to find money for new initiatives. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Proposed schools budgets will lower the property tax rates slightly in Okaloosa and Manatee Counties. Northwest Florida Daily News. Bradenton Herald.
Special needs. The Orlando Sentinel visits summer camp for special needs students.
School grades. A Tampa Bay Times columnist criticizes the grading system and the circumstances of high-poverty schools.
Testing. A Miami TV station looks at the FCAT’s replacement. WSVN. The Tampa Tribune looks at the FCAT investigation in Pinellas.
School boards. A Pinellas school board member is diagnosed with cancer. Tampa Bay Times.
Science. A middle school project leads to a dispute over an adult’s research. Palm Beach Post. Miami Herald.
Security. A Manatee municipality wants compensation for a resource officer. Bradenton Herald.
