Florida roundup: Home school, charter schools, teacher quality and more

07/17/15
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Travis Pillow

florida-roundup-logoHome school: Florida sees a surge in home schooling. Gradebook. redefinED.

Charter schools. An embattled charter school reverses course on a management shakeup after hearing from parents. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The Palm Beach Post criticizes a charter school operator that may have put profits before students.

TFA. Teach for America sees a growing demand for recruits who will remain in the teaching force. Florida Times-Union.

Turnover. Teacher turnover affects student learning. TC Palm.

Growth. Brevard might overhaul its system of impact fees charged to developers. Florida Today.

Teacher quality. Sarasota lawmakers rip a new teacher incentive program. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Outdoors. Pasco students go to an environmental adventure camp. Tampa Bay Times.

Transportation. Lake County officials consider restoring bus service for students who live close to school. Daily Commercial.

Safety. The Collier school district faces a lawsuit over a child injured on a playground. Naples Daily News.

Teacher conduct. A teacher accused of cursing and using the n-word is ordered reinstated. Florida Times-Union.

College. Half a dozen recent high school grads win scholarships. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

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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