The Progressive Policy Institute has released a report that has positive implications for a new legislative initiative in Florida, called Principal Autonomy, that gives public school principals greater authority over staffing, the curriculum and the budget. The new report found that district-run autonomous schools in Boston, Denver, Memphis and Los[Read More…]
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Florida’s Principal Autonomy initiative showing signs of success
When Robin Brown took the helm as principal of West Riviera Elementary School in Palm Beach in 2017, the school was struggling. It had been designated a “D” by the Florida Department of Education. Realizing the situation, Brown made critical changes. She assigned 28 teachers to the grade level she[Read More…]
Fla. House tweaks autonomous-school proposal to create ‘innovation zones’
Florida school districts could create networks of autonomous public schools in “innovation zones” under a new proposal in the state House. It’s the latest iteration of an autonomous-school concept in HB 7055. That bill awaits final action today by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate has proposed a different model.[Read More…]
Fla. House spending proposal would expand principal autonomy program
A few years ago, the superintendent of the Broward County school district was willing to make a trade. The approach advocated by Superintendent Robert Runcie went something like this. Give some of our district’s struggling schools some the same freedoms charter schools receive in state law. We’ll put some our[Read More…]
State board approves pilot program giving principals more autonomy
The State Board of Education today approved plans to give principals at public schools in Broward, Palm Beach and Pinellas Counties greater control over their budgets and hiring. Last year, lawmakers created the Principal Autonomy Pilot Program Initiative. It allows school districts to offer select principals a charter-like exchange. They get[Read More…]
New freedoms may be coming for Florida’s top-performing public schools
Florida’s highest-performing public schools would get greater operational freedom under a measure approved today by a state House panel. HB 1331 would ease regulations for “Schools of Excellence” — public schools whose academic performance ranks among the state’s top 20 percent in their grade range at least two out of three consecutive[Read More…]
Chicago strike gave charter schools a spotlight – Stacy McAuliffe, podcastED
Who won the strike in Chicago? Charter schools. While the nation watched, story after story noted the obvious – that while 350,000 traditional public school students were displaced for more than a week, thousands of charter school students were in class. Even better, news coverage gave the general public a[Read More…]
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