Charter schools. A charter school for special needs students doubles its enrollment. Tampa Tribune. Charters and Choice looks at a unionized charter network.
Guns. Pinellas County schools are preparing to provide school police officers with assault rifles. Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Tribune.
Accountability. The Florida PTA again calls for a delay in school grades amid the transition to new tests. Gradebook. StateImpact. The Palm Beach County School Board calls for a three-year delay in testing consequences. Palm Beach Post.
Testing. The Sun-Sentinel looks at end of course exam needs in Broward and Palm Beach.
Budgets. Tax rates are down, but taxes are set to rise, in Duval. Florida Times-Union. The tax rate is down, but spending up, in Hernando. Tampa Bay Times.
Digital learning. Palm Beach schools say they're short on cash for computers. Palm Beach Post.
Reading. A Marion English teacher receives statewide recognition for reading instruction. Ocala Star-Banner.
Special needs. The father of a student with autism says his son was "roughed up" by a teaching aide. Palm Beach Post.
Bullying. Seminole schools talk bullying in the wake of a student's death. Orlando Sentinel.
Security. Unarmed security guards begin in Manatee elementary schools. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Bradenton Herald.
History. A Hillsborough student helps resurrect the "Harlem of the South." Tampa Tribune.
