Charter schools. Struggling charter schools present improvement plans to the Hillsborough County School Board to comply with a new requirement in state law. Tampa Tribune. Tampa Bay Times. An effort to create a new charter school for the City of West Palm Beach may be on hold, as a deadline passes. Palm Beach Post. Two new charters are proposed for Pasco. Gradebook. A group of Walton charter school students win an international award. Walton Sun.
Lawsuits. An ad aired during Florida’s gubernatorial debate opposes the lawsuit challenging Florida’s tax credit scholarship program. Saint Petersblog. redefinED.
Digital learning. It matters how teachers go about teaching courses, especially in areas like math and science. Bridge to Tomorrow. Treasure Cost districts ease their mobile device policies. Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers. Devices are becoming more common in Hillsborough schools. Tampa Bay Times.
Campaigns. PolitiFact checks a claim that 3,000 teachers lost their jobs when Charlie Crist was governor. The Tampa Bay Times profiles a Pinellas school board race.
Testing. The Volusia school board joins a bevy of other districts calling for more time to implement new standards and tests. Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Parent involvement. A new Hernando program helps explain the new state standards to parents. Tampa Bay Times. Pasco schools encourage dads to volunteer. Tampa Bay Times.
History. A community group contends the Alachua school district isn’t meeting its requirement to teach students African-American history. Gainesville Sun.
Athletics. Okaloosa schools debate their athletic transfer policy. Northwest Florida Daily News.
Employee conduct. A high school athletics booster is accused of embezzlement. Tampa Tribune.
