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Florida schools roundup: Failure Factories, civil rights, testing and more
Failure Factories: The Tampa Bay Times has won a Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for its stories on five failing St. Petersburg elementary schools. The series, labeled Failure Factories, detailed how the Pinellas County School District abandoned integration efforts in 2007 and then failed to provide adequate resources for the schools, which became... READ MORELawmakers propose constitutional overhaul for Florida school districts
Florida school districts would no longer be defined exclusively by...
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As attention swirls around efforts to turn around persistently struggling schools,...
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Failure Factories. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan calls his visit...
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Failure factories. The latest Tampa Bay Times investigation installment looks...
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Catholic schools. A South Florida Catholic school revitalizes itself. Sun-Sentinel....
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Testing. Florida’s testing system is deemed valid, but questions remain....
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Magnet schools. A Pasco magnet school principal tells students it’s...
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Testing. The cyberattack on state testing systems remains under investigation....
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Tax credit scholarships. Convert the program to a private charity...
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School choice. The school system needs to be tailored to...
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