Florida roundup: Charter schools, campaigns, teacher quality and more

08/21/14
|
Travis Pillow

Charter schools. A Duval charter school that just opened is at risk of being shut down. Florida Times-Union. Children affected by a charter school's miscalculation are placed in new schools. Gradebook.  WTVJ follows up on the impending closure of a South Florida charter school. Two small Palm Beach charters fail to open due to lack of enrollment. Palm Beach Post. A Polk Montessori preschool looks to open a K-8 charter. Lakeland Ledger.

florida-roundup-logoCampaigns. School choice supporters pour money into a Volusia school board race. Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Teacher quality. A study finds the least experienced Miami-Dade teachers often end up in schools with the greatest needs. Miami Herald.

College readiness. New scores show Florida students struggle on the ACT. Tampa Tribune. Patricia Levesque sounds a not of urgency on the EdFly. Results improve in Brevard and Alachua. Florida Today. Gainesville Sun.

Facilities. Officials look into the possibility of a new high school in Bonita Springs. Fort Myers News-Press.

Polling. The latest PDK/Gallup education survey shows support falling for Common Core. Sentinel School ZoneStateImpact. The American Federation for Children provides a disclaimer for the poll's voucher results.

Parents. South Florida parents discuss the educational and psychological needs of black boys. Sun-Sentinel.

Budgets. Manatee cuts back on supplemental payments for teachers who take on extra duties. Bradenton Herald. The district's bottom line improves.

Abuse. A school psychologist is accused of molestation. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

School boards. An investigation of a grade change for a school board member's son is closed. Tampa Tribune. 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.
magnifiercross linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram