Florida schools roundup: PLSA, test results, teachers and more

07/01/15
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Travis Pillow

florida-roundup-logoPLSA. State lawmakers triple funding for Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts. Tampa Tribune.

Proficiency. Advocates are calling on Florida and other states to set high expectations for the next round of assessments. Gradebook. Lee students score below the state average on state tests. Fort Myers News-Press.

Charter schools. The founder of a military charter in turmoil opposes the board's restructuring plan. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

STEM. Seats in a new Flagler STEM academy are filling fast. Daytona Beach News-Journal.

History. The Palm Beach Post recalls the removal of Confederate President Jefferson Davis' name from a school building.

Contracts. A contractor switch could mean pay cuts for Volusia maintenance workers. Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Funding. The St. Johns County School Board backs a half-sent sales tax referendum. Florida Times-Union. St. Augustine Record.

Teacher quality. A new teacher grant program is getting buzz, not all of it positive. Gradebook.

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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