Tag: Lori Romano
‘Devastating’ NAEP test scores, governor’s priorities, school name change and more
Teacher pay raises, district to be re-audited, teacher’s prize, principal’s job and more
Florida schools roundup: Charters security, guns at schools, arming teachers and more
Charters security ruling: An administrative law judge rules that the Palm Beach County District must assign security officers to charter schools in order to comply with a state law passed last year. The school board had refused to provide officers for Renaissance Charter School Inc., which operates six schools in[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: K-12 funding, security, DeSantis, sheriff and more
K-12 funding concerns: Chief state economist Amy Baker tells House Appropriations Committee members that the three-year financial outlook for the state won’t cover expected budget growth in education and other critical areas. She suggests that the Legislature’s decisions on state spending and setting local property tax rates for K-12 education[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Cameras at schools, security, turnover and more
Security at schools: The Broward County School District is spending $621,000 for a surveillance system that recognizes people, and watches and remembers their movements. The 116 cameras will be installed at 36 schools, mostly high schools. One is expected to be Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people died[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Panel concludes some teachers should be armed and more
Shooting panel draft report: The 407-page draft report of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission recommends arming willing teachers and other employees in schools, and immediately taking practical measures to restrict access to schools and standardizing procedures for identifying dangerous students. The report criticizes the Broward County School District for[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Charter closings, teacher turnover and more
Charter school closings: A watchdog organization reports that 38 percent of charters schools in Florida have closed since 2000, a failure rate that’s 7 percentage points higher than the national average. Of the 1,091 charter schools that have opened in Florida since 2000, 491 have closed (the state Department of[Read More…]