Charter schools. Education Week notes three Florida districts have been awarded charter collaboration grants. A Palm Beach County charter will plead its case to remain open to the school board. Palm Beach Post.
Protests. Florida Democrats plan to team up with the Badass Teachers Association to protest former Gov. Jeb Bush. Gradebook.
School choice. Parents need to pick their children's schools carefully, a lab school guidance counselor writes in the Tallahassee Democrat.
Superintendents. Hillsborough names an acting district superintendent. Tampa Tribune. Tampa Bay Times (More from the Times).
Polling. A majority of Duval students say they don't feel engaged in school or hopeful for the future. Florida Times-Union.
Testing. A Naples Daily News columnist writes that state officials seem to be playing "hot potato" over testing costs.
Pay raises. Broward school employees are in line for a 2.2 percent raise. Sun-Sentinel.
Special needs. Volusia special needs students get instruments. Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Administration. Top principals and assistant principals are finalists for state honors. Sentinel School Zone. Gradebook,
School boards. A Palm Beach school board member challenges attorneys of the outgoing superintendent who sought to limit her criticism. Palm Beach Post. The school board also sours on a plan to allow a citizen panel to review superintendent candidates. Palm Beach Post. The Alachua school board moves to limit "double dipping" by school district officials. Gainesville Sun.
Employee conduct. Volusia suspends district employees who went on a vendor-sponsored junket. Daytona Beach News-Journal. A bus driver accused of shoving a kid is suspended. Sun-Sentinel.
