Attempts to modify or remove funding from parts of a major piece of education legislation fizzled today in the Florida Senate. As a result, all $419 million in House Bill 7069, including the House’s signature program to draw top charter school operators to academically struggling areas of the state, will likely[Read More…]
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For top charter school networks, it takes an ecosystem
When top charter school networks consider moving into new community, they don’t just look at funding or charter school laws. They look at the whole “educational ecosystem.” That was the message a KIPP representative brought to a Florida Senate panel looking at charter school legislation. Trisha Coad is the director[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Testing reform, funding, incentives and more
Testing reforms: Under the proposed “Fewer, Better Tests” bills filed Wednesday in the Legislature, all K-12 assessment testing would take place in the final three weeks of the school year, starting in the 2017-2018. S.B. 926 and H.B. 773 would also require results be returned to teachers within a week of testing,[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Charter district plan, testing, recess and more
Charter district: The Jefferson County School District could become the state’s first all-charter schools district, if the Florida Board of Education agrees Thursday with the district’s school board vote to make the change. Jefferson has just two schools – elementary and middle/high school – with about 700 students. It’s struggled academically[Read More…]