School choice. School choice helps low-income students succeed, former Gov. Jeb Bush writes in a Medium post with a Florida shout-out.
PLSAs. The Senate sends legislation expanding Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts to an empty House, likely sealing its fate. redefinED. Times/Herald. The program is administered by organizations like Step Up For Students, which co-hosts this blog and employs the author of this post.
Tax credit scholarships. Florida's largest private school choice program gets a hefty boost. Gradebook. Lakeland Ledger. Step Up also administers this program.
Charter schools. The parent company starts its own investigation of an Escambia charter facing scrutiny. Pensacola News-Journal. Charter schools are public schools, a Naples Daily News letter-writer reminds readers.
Legislation. A bunch of school choice bills and other issues are likely dead this year. Gradebook. Early learning advocates are frustrated. Florida Times-Union. A safe-walks-to-school bill survives. Naples Daily News. A contentious high school sports bill is likely done for. Northwest Florida Daily News.
Testing. How will the state's new testing system affect third-grade retention decisions? Tampa Bay Times. Hillsborough teachers say they don't get testing data quickly enough to use it. Gradebook. Bay's superintendent holds out for more testing changes. Panama City News Herald. More on testing from the Naples Daily News.
Digital learning. Schools should use technology to make "time the variable and learning the constant," Patricia Levesque writes in Ed Next.
Teacher evaluations. Broward's teachers union loses a merit pay suit. Sun-Sentinel.
Labor. Teachers are in line for pay boosts in Polk and Volusia. Lakeland Ledger. Daytona Beach News-Journal.
History. Results from the latest round of social studies NAEP testing are here, and they don't look good. Orlando Sentinel. They may be better than they seem. Ahead of the Herd.
Bullying. An elementary school educates children about the ills of bullying. Tampa Bay Times.
Community involvement. Pasco students gather therapeutic socks for cancer patients. Tampa Bay Times.
Superintendents. The Palm Beach school board sets a start date for its new chief. Sun-Sentinel.
STEM. Students showcase their research to Florida Today columnist Matt Reed.
Poverty. Title I school leaders huddle in Manatee. Bradenton Herald.
