Tag: Florida and private schools
Private schools raise pay, tout perks to compete during national teacher shortage
Jim McKenzie read the alarming reports in 2022 about the rise in the numbers of teachers fleeing the profession. As headmaster at The Rock School in Gainesville, he saw storm clouds approaching, especially as Florida lawmakers raised starting teacher pay to $47,500 just two years earlier. Salaries at McKenzie’s school run... READ MOREFlorida private school enrollment jumped last school year
Florida added more than 29,000 private school students last school...
READ MOREFlorida’s private school enrollment eclipses 400,000 students
Florida’s private school enrollment bounced back from the pandemic stronger...
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READ MOREFlorida lawmakers to consider a stack of school choice bills
Editor’s note: Another year, another legislative session, another stack of...
READ MOREFlorida education summit puts focus on Common Core’s potential, challenges
Florida business leaders put a spotlight Wednesday on the promise...
READ MOREIn Florida district, academic competitions splinter as school choice expands
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READ MORENot your daddy’s vo-tech: Florida lawmakers to consider career ed changes
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READ MOREFlorida roundup: Tutoring oversight, teachers unions, Tony Bennett & more
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