Florida schools roundup: Budgets, tests, charter schools and more

Budgets. Districts with a high military population will see a funding boost. Panama City News Herald. Chief Senate education budget writer Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, talks about funding increases for North Florida schools. WUWF. A PBS digital learning program loses state funding. Fort Myers News-Press.

Charter schools. A principal's ouster leaves a charter school in turmoil as parents accuse it of breaking the law. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Lawsuits. A decision looms in a former Manatee school district employee's lawsuit against the district. Bradenton Herald.

Test results. Collier schools continue to perform well. Naples Daily News.

Summer. An elementary school teacher from Orlando awaits the chance to sing at Daytona International Speedway. Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Gardening. Broward County schools receive seed grants. Sun-Sentinel.

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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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