Lawsuits. The Duval County School Board votes down a resolution opposing the lawsuit challenging Florida’s tax credit scholarship program. Florida Times-Union. More from WJCT.
Magnet schools. Orange County Public Schools plan to expand their magnet school offerings. Orlando Sentinel.
Charter schools. The Duval school board rejects plans for a new charter school. Florida Times-Union.
Private schools. A high-profile Jacksonville private school taps a new leader. Florida Times-Union.
Administration. A Florida high school principal is named national Principal of the year. Education Week.
Advanced Placement. Florida students may excel in reading, but they lag their national peers in high-level math and science, Paul Cottle writes in response to recent AP results. Bridge to Tomorrow.
Teacher conduct. The Broward school board refuses to allow a teacher accused of failing to stop child abuse back into the classroom. Sun-Sentinel.
Funding. PolitiFact looks at one of Gov. Rick Scott’s claims about the education budget.
Testing. Lee schools plan more changes, this time to their science and social studies tests. Fort Myers News-Press. Parents protest testing at a Sarasota school board meeting. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
School lunch. Some students aren’t too happy with federal healthy lunch rules. Daytona Beach News-Journal.
