As they have in the past, Florida charter schools earned both A and F grades at higher rates than district schools this year, according to data released Friday by the Florida Department of Education. According to our preliminary number crunching, 38 percent of the 340 elementary, middle and K-8 charter[Read More…]
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Florida schools roundup: charter schools, Common Core, school safety & more
Charter schools. The principal of an Imagine charter school that tried to separate from the parent company will leave at the end of the school year, and the school will remain with Imagine, according to a settlement deal, reports the Sarasota Herald Tribune. The Miami-Dade School Board approves contracts for a[Read More…]
New parent trigger bill clears first hurdle in Florida House
The parent trigger bill is back in the Florida Legislature this year and, judging by the spirited 8-5 party line vote it got in its first committee stop Thursday, perhaps as contentious as ever. But unlike last year, some Florida parents and child advocates not only voiced support, but drove to[Read More…]
Agony and accountability in school choice
Education reform, for some of us, is full of tough calls. And for some of us, there can be particular agony in the gray area where race, poverty and both types of accountability – parental choice and regulatory – intersect. Last week, the school board in Pinellas County, Fla., voted[Read More…]