School choice. Florida’s major school choice legislation officially lands on the governor’s desk. Tampa Bay Times. Sentinel School Zone.
Digital learning. Pasco Schools plan to expand a competency-based blended learning program after seeing promising results. Tampa Tribune.
Turnarounds. Struggling schools subject to state intervention see mixed results in their first year of turnaround efforts. Tampa Bay Times.
Testing. End-of-course results are expected later this morning. School Zone. Schools prepare for life after the FCAT in math and English. Tampa Tribune. Marion County has a six-part plan to raise scores. Ocala Star-Banner.
Special needs. District officials complain about inadequate funding for students with disabilities. Palm Beach Post. The parents of a special needs student who was slapped by his bus driver speak out. Pensacola News-Journal.
Teacher quality. Duval schools struggle to keep some of their most highly rated teachers. Florida Times-Union.
School boards. Manatee board members could vote to give themselves raises and new tablet computers. Bradenton Herald. Party politics creep into school board elections. Daytona Beach News-Journal. Candidates challenging two Lee County incumbents have amassed larger fundraising totals than their opponents. Naples Daily News.
Teachers unions. The Palm Beach union election remains unresolved. Palm Beach Post.
STEM. Efforts to increase the representation of women and minorities in science and engineering fields should begin at the K-12 level. Bridge to Tomorrow. A private school student produces an app that gets thousands of downloads. Florida Today.
Employee conduct. Three Manatee County administrators will soon be tried in a sex abuse case. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Bradenton Herald. Hernando County reinstates a teacher who came to work intoxicated. Tampa Bay Times. A judge rejects a teacher’s stalking allegations. Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Benefits. State regulators put the kibosh on a life insurance plan for Pasco school district employees. Tampa Bay Times. Wall Street Journal.
Attendance. A Hillsborough student with perfect attendance wins a free car. Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Tribune.
College prep. A summer program gives high school students a taste of university-level work. Tampa Tribune.
