Charter schools. Palm Beach County makes it harder to open a new charter school. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. School choice. Growing participation in private school scholarship programs is good for the state, an Orlando Sentinel guest column argues. Testing. Florida gets one bid to review the validity of its testing system. Gradebook.[Read More…]
Tag: pre-K
Florida wants pre-K out of expanded schools lawsuit
The state of Florida is asking a judge to dismiss an attempt to include the state’s preschool program in a lawsuit challenging multiple aspects of its K-12 system. The groups suing the state over education funding and other issues widened the five-year-old lawsuit in late May, adding new arguments about charter schools,[Read More…]
Florida private schools see slight enrollment increase
More students attended Florida private schools this year than in any year since the onset of the economic downturn, and there are now more private schools operating in the state than in any year on record. But Florida’s private school enrollment is still less than it was 10 years ago,[Read More…]
Pre-K must come with school choice
Pre-school is hot – again. It has been so, off and on, since ancient Greece. Plato’s ideal state would have imposed full-time boarding school starting at day one for all newborns, keeping them permanent strangers to their parents – those natural enemies of his perfect Republic. The spirit of Plato[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Virtual school, ACT scores, Tony Bennett & more
District app: The Broward County school district redesigns its website to make it more parent-friendly, adding a mobile app and translating into more than 40 languages. Sun Sentinel. Virtual school: The Palm Beach County School Board plans to urge state lawmakers to repeal a new funding approach that slashed dollars for the[Read More…]
Private schools enrollment in Florida ticks up for second year
After seven years of decline, Florida private school enrollment ticked up modestly for a second year in a row last year. Enrollment grew from 316,745 in 2011-12 to 320,423 in 2012-13, an increase of 1.2 percent, according to a report released last month by the Florida Department of Education. The[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: turnarounds, teacher conduct, legislative wrap-ups & more
School turnarounds. Tampa Bay Times education editor Tom Tobin offers his take on what it takes: “a long, slow slog that requires principals and teachers to keep on task, stay inspired and fight through times when things don’t seem to be working.” The Times also offers a statistical snapshot of[Read More…]
Florida roundup: FCAT money, charter schools, parent trigger & more
School recognition funds. About 1,700 schools will get about $134 million, reports Gradebook. More from SchoolZone, Miami Herald, South Florida Sun Sentinel, TCPalm.com, Florida Times Union, Naples Daily News. Charter schools. Palm Beach Post: “Palm Beach County has pledged to help a nonprofit charter school sell $10.5 million in mostly[Read More…]