Test results. New end of course exam results largely show improvement over last year. StateImpact. Tampa Bay Times. Orlando Sentinel. Florida Times-Union. Florida Today. Fort Myers News-Press. Bradenton Herald. Thousands of students still struggle in algebra. Miami Herald. Tampa Bay students improve in history, the Tampa Tribune reports here and here. South Florida students improve in algebra. Sun-Sentinel. More from the Palm Beach Post.
Charter schools. The Palm Beach school district withholds hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Mavericks school after and audit raises questions. Palm Beach Post.
Special needs. An embattled school for children with autism in Polk County is creating a new option in Pasco County. Lakeland Ledger.
Vouchers. The next political fights over school choice will be over regulation, The Federalist writes. The analysis incorrectly posits that the state’s “Blaine Amendment” is what bars traditional school vouchers in Florida.
Performance pay. Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist takes aim at Florida’s teacher evaluation laws. Gradebook. More on education and gubernatorial politics from the Halifax capital bureau. Manatee administrators begin learning a new evaluation model. Bradenton Herald.
Common Core. Jeb Bush takes heat from conservatives over his support for the standards. Wall Street Journal.
STEM. Is Florida’s science sequence “out of order?” Bridge to Tomorrow.
School safety. Hillsborough students do not always know to report sexual harassment. Tampa Bay Times.
Facilities. Volusia hopes a half-cent sales tax will help the district finance capital projects. Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Employee conduct. An Estero elementary employee is charged with sexual assault. Naples Daily News.
School names. A sign bearing the name of a former KKK leader officially comes down in Jacksonville. Florida Times-Union.
Administration. A Hernando assistant superintendent is told he won’t be kept on for next school year. Tampa Bay Times. The trial of three former Manatee High administrators could soon come to a close. Bradenton Herald. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
School board races. A special needs advocate is running in Polk. Lakeland Ledger. A former district police chief drops out of the Palm Beach School Board race. Palm Beach Post.
Reading instruction. Summertime means a reading list for students. Tampa Tribune.
School days. They’re about to be six minutes longer in Santa Rosa. Pensacola News-Journal.
