Tax credit scholarships. Charlie Crist, a staunch supporter of tax credit scholarships in the past, won’t denounce the lawsuit filed by the FSBA and FEA to end the program. Miami Herald. The head of the Florida Association of School Administrators explains his support for the suit. Crestview News Bulletin (Hat tip: Gradebook).
School choice. A ‘bumper crop of litigation’ threatens school choice in Florida. Watchdog.org.
Charter schools. The West Palm Beach mayor and Palm Beach County superintendent will meet to discuss a proposed city-run charter school. Palm Beach Post.
Magnet schools. The Pasco County School District will open its first in 2015, in part to ease overcrowding concerns at other schools. Gradebook.
Virtual school. Florida Virtual School snags an area superintendent from the Orange County School District to be its COO. SchoolZone.
Single-gender classrooms. Ones in the Broward County School District are among those targeted in an ACLU complaint. South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Parents. Dads march in Daytona to show support for their children’s education. Daytona Beach News Journal.
Testing. The Palm Beach County School Board opts not to opt out. South Florida Sun Sentinel. Support grows for an Alachua County kindergarten teacher who refuses to administer a standardized test used for diagnostic purposes. Gainesville Sun.
School boards. A new report looks at how much board members are paid, county by county. Gradebook.
Superintendents. The Broward County School Board gives Robert Runcie mostly high marks. South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Discrimination? The Hillsborough County School District responds to complaints about single-gender schools and disproportionate disciplinary actions against minority students. Gradebook.
School spending. Black leaders say the Miami-Dade School District is shortchanging minority firms. Miami Herald.
