Florida roundup: Digital learning, Catholic schools, graduation and more

05/30/14
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Travis Pillow

Digital learning. Improving broadband connectivity in America's schools could cost billions. StateImpact.

florida-roundup-logoCatholic schools. A veteran educator gets a retirement send-off. Florida Times-Union.

School's out. Students at a Brevard County magnet school look back on the year. Florida Today

Graduation. Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder don't deter a student at Center Academy - a private school for students with moderate disabilities who is graduating with perfect attendance and heading to college. Tampa Bay Times. Graduation night is an emotional one for many at a Collier County technical school. Naples Daily News. A senior prankster gets punished for an obscene drawing on a football field. Tampa Bay Times.

Tax credit scholarships. Capitol News Service covers the groups opposing legislation that would expand eligibility for the program.

English language learners. An audit turns up problems with the ways Orange County classifies students learning English. Orlando Sentinel.

Administration. Budgeting responsibilities might shift from principals to the central office in Okaloosa County. Northwest Florida Daily News.

Charter schools. The Gradebook writes up the League of Women Voters' position critical of charter schools.

Transportation. Hillsborough schools hear a pitch for propane buses. Tampa Bay Times.

About Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is senior director of thought leadership and growth at Step Up For Students. He lives in Sanford, Florida, with his wife and two children. A former Tallahassee statehouse reporter, he most recently worked at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization at Arizona State University, where he studied community-led learning innovation and school systems' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. He can be reached at tpillow (at) sufs.org.
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