Charter schools. A host of new schools, not all of them reputable, submit charter applications. Sun-Sentinel. Fewer charter schools apply in Flagler and Volusia Counties. Daytona Beach News-Journal. Officials debate the location of a planned West Palm Beach charter. Palm Beach Post. A Post columnist weighs in. Teacher conduct. Administrative[Read More…]
Tag: FCAT
Florida roundup: Advanced placement, advocacy, acceleration and more
Advanced Placement. More Pasco students are taking AP classes, and their performance is improving. Gradebook. Advocacy. StudentsFirst is winding down in a total of five states. Education Week. Acceleration. State Sen. John Legg talks up the benefits of collegiate high schools in the Lakeland Ledger. Testing. A Collier County teacher is fired, accused of[Read More…]
Florida charter schools earn A’s, F’s at higher rates than district schools
Florida’s charter schools received a bigger proportion of both A and F grades than their district-run counterparts for the 2013-14 school year. It’s a pattern that’s held for the past few years, and it’s no different in the the elementary and middle school grades released this morning by the state[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Tax credit scholarships, politics, philanthropy and more
Tax credit scholarships. Will the program drain $3 billion from public schools? Mostly false. PolitiFact. Politics. Orlando Sentinel columnist Beth Kassab chides a local school board candidate who attacked the “toxic culture of education” for over-the-top political rhetoric. Philanthropy. Teach for America recruits appear to be helping Miami-Dade students in math but not reading, a study shows. Miami[Read More…]
Florida roundup: FCAT, McKay Scholarships, reading and more
Testing. Statewide FCAT scores show slight improvement, with variation around the state. Tampa Bay Times. Miami Herald. Tampa Tribune. Pensacola News-Journal. Ocala Star-Banner. Tallahassee Democrat. Palm Beach Post. WJCT. WFSU. Florida Times-Union. Orlando Sentinel. McKay Scholarships. The Sun-Sentinel airs criticism of the program for special needs students. Career academies. Polk middle-school[Read More…]
Florida roundup: School choice, competition, digital learning and more
Competition. If school district employees are enrolling their children in private schools or charters, Pasco Superintendent Kurt Browning wants to know why, and what district schools can do better. Gradebook. Special needs. Teachers help a child, born prematurely, to make it to kindergarten. Tampa Bay Times. School choice. A move to[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Special needs, testing, school boards and more
Special needs. A Polk County private school for children with autism faces financial woes. Lakeland Ledger. Testing. A Seminole County mother’s decision to pull her children from public school over a testing complaint leads to a post that viral. Sentinel School Zone. Gradebook. A testing glitch invalidates Advanced Placement scores for hundreds[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Digital learning, private schools, parental choice and more
Charter schools. Broward County parents consider converting a special needs school into a charter in order to save it. Miami Herald. The SEED school in Miami has chosen a new site for what could become the Florida’s first public boarding school, the Herald reports. Digital learning. Large numbers of Florida high school students[Read More…]