Lawsuits. A Sun-Sentinel opinion piece praises the lawsuit challenging Florida’s tax credit scholarship program, which is administered by organizations like Step Up For Students, which co-hosts this blog. School choice. Transferring out of neighborhood schools becomes commonplace, as thousands of Duval students take advantage of school choice programs. Florida Times-Union.[Read More…]
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Florida schools roundup: Testing, magnet schools, big budgets & more
School choice. Add Voices for Choices to the list of school choice groups in Florida. redefinED. Duval County School District leaders propose a “Public Education Strong” marketing campaign to lure students back from charter and private schools. Florida Times Union. Sunshine State News’s Nancy Smith says women are waiting to[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Campaigns, growth, class size and more
Campaigns. Democrats attack Gov. Rick Scott on education funding. PolitiFact rates them half true. Pinellas school board candidates talk charter schools, Common Core and other hot topics. Gradebook. Transformation. The information revolution that’s playing out in other industries will bring dramatic changes to education in the coming years, former Education[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Special needs, career academies, testing and more
Special needs. Financial difficulties continue for a Polk County private school for children with autism. Lakeland Ledger. Career academies. A Palm Beach student attending a charter school’s medical academy travels to Sweden for a symposium on the human brain. Palm Beach Post. Pushback. An Orange County teacher gets national attention for deriding[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Special needs, STEM, tax credit scholarships and more
STEM. A South Florida middle school students who takes courses online through Stanford University impresses President Obama with his inventions. Sun-Sentinel. Special needs. Duval schools face a federal investigation after a disability rights group alleges they denied students services. Florida Times-Union. Tax credit scholarships. Scholarships help students find schools that[Read More…]
Florida roundup: School choice, Common Core, testing and more
School choice. “There has always been school choice,” Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino claims in a column railing against charter schools and private-school scholarship programs. Single-gender classes. Half a dozen single-gender schools are preparing to open in Jacksonville. Florida Times-Union. Common Core. The latest tactic for opponents of the[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Charter schools, public school choice, testing and more
Charter schools. Democratic lawmakers refer to state captial funds for charter schools as a “theft” from public education. Tampa Bay Times. Creative Loafing. Times columnist John Romano tees off on the subject. School choice. Most parents in Lee County get their first choice in the district’s choice lottery. Naples Daily[Read More…]
Florida roundup: School choice, charter schools, Common Core and more
School choice. Legislation expanding education options passes in the Florida House, while the Senate remains more cautious. Times/Herald. Charter schools. The sponsor of the House’s charter-school bill taps the breaks as he works on amendments. Florida Current. Palm Beach County officials give a school focused on African-American curriculum one last chance[Read More…]