Lawsuits. School choice advocates are stepping up their advocacy against a lawsuit challenging Florida’s tax credit scholarships. Palm Beach Post. The program is administered by organizations like Step Up For Students, which co-hosts this blog.
Charter schools. A Mantee charter honors Veterans Day. Bradenton Herald. An astronaut visits autistic students at a Palm Beach charter school. Extra Credit.
Testing. The New York Times airs parents’ complaints about testing. State Sen. John Legg says school board members with concerns about testing and other issues should pick up the phone and talk to their legislators. Gradebook.
Teachers unions. One union pickets another in Palm Beach County. Palm Beach Post.
Reading instruction. A Miami-Dade teacher challenges his students to read one million words a year. StateImpact.
Moms. Half a dozen nursing mothers defend the right to breastfeed in public at an Okaloosa County School Board meeting. Northwest Florida Daily News.
Contracts. An attorney’s initial investigation finds no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the Leon County school district’s handling of construction contracts. Tallahassee Democrat.
Funding. A comedian pokes fun at the notion of using lottery money to fund schools. Gradebook.
STEM. A Bradenton student is trying to restart a science experiment lost in a commercial rocket explosion. Bradenton Herald.
Flags. Congressman Alan Grayson pledges to provide flags made in America to local schools. Orlando Sentinel.
Crime. Police investigate vandalism at an Orange County high school. Orlando Sentinel.
