Tag: Ashley Gilhousen
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Florida schools roundup: Growth slows, security shakeup, reopenings and more
School enrollment: Enrollment growth in the Palm Beach County School District is slowing, with new students totaling under 1,000 for the first time in more than a decade. The latest head count shows 196,000 students, about 880 more than last year. “We did expect a little more growth,” says chief[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Charter closings, teacher turnover and more
Charter school closings: A watchdog organization reports that 38 percent of charters schools in Florida have closed since 2000, a failure rate that’s 7 percentage points higher than the national average. Of the 1,091 charter schools that have opened in Florida since 2000, 491 have closed (the state Department of[Read More…]