Charter schools. New authorizing standards are intended to help improve the quality of Florida’s charter schools. Naples Daily News. A Manatee charter celebrates its success. Bradenton Herald. Charter schools are growing. Tampa Bay Times.
Common Core. New math lessons may go viral and stoke parent outrage, but that’s “more bluster than substance,” Orlando Sentinel columnist Beth Kassab writes. She encourages parents to take a sample test. Jeb Bush continues to back the standards. Sun-Sentinel.
Elections. Democrats’ opposition to school choice cost them among minority voters, a Miami Herald guest column contends.
Testing. The Brevard school district backs an anti-testing petition. Florida Today. What’s the point of an anti-testing resolution? Gradebook.
Teacher evaluations. Orange schools plan to hold teachers harmless for the first few years of new state assessments. Orlando Sentinel.
Technology. An Episcopal school’s tech director wins a national award. Florida Today.
Grading. PolitiFact checks former Bush’s criticism of an Orange County schools policy, and finds it “mostly true.”
Growth. Polk County schools enrollment surges past 100,000. Lakeland Ledger. Growth may prompt rezoning in Hillsborough. Tampa Tribune.
Teacher conduct. A middle school teacher’s behavior around female students raises questions. Tampa Bay Times.
Safety. The Fort Myers News-Press looks at the driving records of bus drivers. An Orange County teacher explains why she left a student behind during a fire drill. Orlando Sentinel. LGBT students face rampant bullying. WGCU.
Security. Manatee schools have the authority to hire armed security guards. WTSP.
Middle schools. Duval’s middle school reform plan is headed to the school board. Florida Times-Union.
Legislation. Education bills are starting to surface in the Florida Legislature. Gradebook.
Equipment. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment goes missing in Palm Beach schools. Palm Beach Post.
Facilities. The Broward school board is at odds over how to comprise an oversight committee for a new district bond issue. Sun-Sentinel.
