Tax credit scholarships. The Palm Beach Post talks funding and accountability with representatives of Step Up For Students, which co-hosts this blog and employs the author of this post. School boards. Supporters of rival school board associations air their views in a political forum. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The Lake school board[Read More…]
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Florida roundup: Charter schools, digital learning, testing and more
Charter schools. Parents at a charter school that is putting off plans to open in August have few options beyond their zoned schools. Gradebook. The Miami-Dade school district faces a legal tab in a charter school retaliation case. News Service of Florida. Digital learning. The Miami Herald‘s back-to-school edition takes[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Budgets, digital learning, summer and more
STEM. Students in Orlando’s Pine Hills neighborhood experiment with growing bioluminescent mushrooms. Orlando Sentinel. These 20 public elementary schools excel in science instruction for disadvantaged students. Bridge to Tomorrow. Students at a Lakeland Christian school learn about robotics during a summer workshop. Lakeland Ledger. Budgets. Miami-Dade school officials plan to[Read More…]
How do school choice issues fare in Florida’s state budget deal?
An expansion of Florida’s Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts wasn’t the only school choice-related issue that found new life in a state budget deal reached this week. The new $78 billion spending plan, set to come up for a final vote Friday, would increase funding for public schools and address a handful[Read More…]
Why Florida gets top marks nationally for digital learning policies
Florida gets the highest marks in the country for its digital learning policies, according to a report released Tuesday by an advocacy group. Florida has typically gotten strong grades from Digital Learning Now in its annual report cards. This year, the state leapfrogged Utah to claim the top score, thanks in part to[Read More…]
Catholic schools find their blended learning comfort zones
For more than two years, administrators at Purcell Marian High School in Cincinnati have been navigating the competing pressures of new and old. They decided the shift to blended learning could help them meet the varying needs of an increasingly diverse student body, and help their students meet a state requirement to pass four years of high[Read More…]
Bill would make sure charter schools participate in ‘Digital Classrooms 2.0’
Draw up a detailed plan for using technology in the classroom, and get a funding boost in return. That was the bargain offered to Florida public schools under digital learning legislation passed last year — one that many school districts found valuable. Charter schools, however, were less likely to take part. Next year,[Read More…]
Will Florida charter schools leave technology funding on the table?
So far, all but three of Florida’s school districts have submitted digital learning plans to the state Department of Education, allowing them to claim their share of $40 million in technology funding. Hundreds of schools, however, haven’t been as quick on the uptake. Last year, legislation by state Sen. John Legg, R-Trinity,[Read More…]