Charter schools. A principal who helped stabilize Key West's only charter school gets a strong evaluation. Keynoter. New charter schools aim to help relieve crowding in Orange County. Central Florida News 13.
Performance. Education Commissioner Pam Stewart draws praise from the state Board of Education in her annual evaluation. Tampa Bay Times.
Private schools. A Marion County Christian school takes a classical approach to education. Ocala Star-Banner.
Funding. The state board calls for increased public school funding and more support for school technology. WFSU. Gradebook. Gov. Rick Scott keeps banging the drum on school funding. News Service of Florida. The Hernando school board decides to hold off on planning funding cuts in case a tax referendum fails. Gradebook.
Testing. More technical glitches. Sun-Sentinel. How Pinellas schools plan to assign math grades amid confusion over end-or-course exams. Gradebook.
Safety. Lee schools investigate racially motivated threats of violence. Fort Myers News-Press. A student is arrested for bringing a gun to school. Leesburg Daily Commercial.
Sports. Orange County aims to tame heated rivalries in high school athletics. Orlando Sentinel.
Facilities. Two Bay schools are in line to get new school cafeterias. Panama City News Herald.
Sustainability. Miami-Dade schools switch to compostable cafeteria trays. Miami Herald.
Leadership. The state board gets a new chair. Gradebook. Manatee's former superintendent confronts a school board member during a public forum. Bradenton Herald.
Music. The Lakeland Ledger visits a school's drumming class.
