Florida roundup: Lawsuits, Common Core, discipline and more

06/16/15
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Travis Pillow

florida-roundup-logoLawsuits. The statewide teachers union appeals a lawsuit challenging Florida's tax credit scholarship program. Gradebook. Orlando SentinelAssociated PressredefinED. Sunshine State News.

Common Core. A Florida principal defends the standards in an ongoing exchange with another school administrator. Answer Sheet.

Discipline. Hillsborough schools confront racial disparities. Tampa Tribune. Tampa Bay Times. Gradebook.

Administration. Palm Beach's new superintendent gets started. Palm Beach Post. Sun-Sentinel. Brevard schools are expected to pick a superintendent. Florida Today. Collier schools see a leadership shakeup. Naples Daily News.

Contracts. A bid dispute simmers over Hillsborough bus purchases. Tampa Tribune.

Nutrition. Miami-Dade schools offers summer lunches for students. WSVN. WTVJ. Students should be fed over the summer, the Palm Beach Post editorializes.

Teacher conduct. A Duval teacher is accused of making threats to students. Florida Times-Union.

 

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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