Florida roundup: Tax credit scholarships, campaigns, magnet schools and more

10/17/14
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Travis Pillow

florida-roundup-logoTax credit scholarships. The Orlando Sentinel runs dueling op-eds from a teachers union leader backing the lawsuit against Florida's tax credit scholarship program and a private school principal who says they program helps low-income students. The introduction to the two pieces is here.

Campaigns. A pro-school choice group gets involved in legislative races. Gradebook.

Magnet schools. Hillsborough launches a new honors academy. Tampa Tribune.

Homelessness. St. Johns schools try to address homelessness and unaccompanied youth. St. Augustine Record.

Superintendents. Pasco County superintendent Kurt Browning changes the way the district does business. Tampa Bay Times.

School boards. An outgoing Palm Beach school board member rips lawmakers over education policy. Extra Credit.

Guidance. A new program is intended to help Pinellas County students make career choices. Tampa Bay Times.

Nutrition. As schools try to cut down on junk food, new federal rules have them counting calories. Northwest Florida Daily News. Cafeterias celebrate National School Lunch Week. Bradenton Herald.

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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