Florida roundup: Charter schools, testing, superintendents and more

florida-roundup-logoTesting. Testing resumes in Florida amid minor “hiccups” and continued cancellations in Duval County. Sun-Sentinel. Palm Beach Post. Florida Times-Union. Bradenton Herald. Completion rates climb. Orlando Sentinel. How does computer-based testing affect students? StateImpact. Testing opt-outs rise. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Charter schools. Charter school legislation is also on the agenda in Tallahassee. Miami Herald. Naples Daily News.

Superintendents. Hillsborough’s MaryEllen Elia bids farewell to her leadership post. Tampa Tribune. Brevard’s superintendent is also set to leave. Florida Today.

Planning. The Hillsborough school district will get representation on a local planning board. Tampa Tribune.

Start times. New legislation would give school districts more control over when classes can start. Gradebook.

STEM. Where is prep for physics teachers succeeding? Bridge to Tomorrow.

Hiring. The Manatee school district sets out to hire hundreds of new teachers. Ocala Star-Banner.

Spelling. Collier students hold their annual spelling bee. Naples Daily News.

Teacher conduct. A charter school teacher is accused of molesting students. WFTV. Orlando Sentinel.

Catholic schools. A Florida school leader heads to Louisiana. Fort Myers News-Press.

 

 


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BY Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is Director of Thought Leadership at Step Up For Students and editor of NextSteps. He lives in Sanford, Fla. with his wife and two children. A former Tallahassee statehouse reporter, he most recently worked at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization at Arizona State University, where he studied community-led learning innovation and school systems' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. He can be reached at tpillow (at) sufs.org.