Florida Roundup: Tax credit scholarships, school board races and more

08/14/14
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Travis Pillow

Tax credit scholarships. Education Week looks at the latest evaluation of Florida tax credit scholarships.

florida-roundup-logoTesting. The Fort Myers News-Press looks at the complications of the Lee school district's discussion of opting out. More from the Naples Daily News.

Technology. Duval schools pour millions into upgrades. Florida Times-Union. WJCT.

Acceleration. Polk students may soon have more chances to skip grades or take advanced courses. Lakeland Ledger.

Facilities. The Pensacola News-Journal tours a school construction project.

Campaigns. The AFL-CIO gets involved in a Collier County school board race. Naples Daily News. Collier candidates respond to Daily News surveys.  Common Core is an issue in Seminole school board races. Orlando Sentinel.

STEM. Miami-Dade students are poised for publication in a scientific journal. Miami Herald.

Administration. The Manatee district faces withering criticism from a former coach in the wake of a sex abuse case. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. It also faces a separate lawsuit by the accuser. Herald-Tribune. Bradenton Herald. A Marion County administrator is a finalist for principal of the year. Ocala Star-Banner. Southwest Florida school officials convene to talk standards, employee benefits and more. Bradenton Herald. A former Hernando administrator sues over a job transfer. Tampa Bay Times.

Back to school. Brevard outfits teachers with donated supplies. Florida Today. Manatee schools hand out teacher grants at a back-to-school rally. Bradenton Herald. Pasco kindergartners get a jump on the new year. Tampa Bay Times.

Discipline. Bay County adds "pop tart" protections to its code of conduct. Panama City News Herald.

Teacher conduct. A former private school teacher faces professional sanctions. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

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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