Florida roundup: Digital learning, taxes, discipline and more

08/07/15
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Travis Pillow

florida-roundup-logoDigital learning. Course access programs are the next evolution of virtual education, Florida Virtual School founder Julie Young writes in Education Next.

Charter schools. WJAX looks at charter school finances.

Taxes. The campaign heats up for a Herando tax referendum. Tampa Bay Times.

Nutrition. Cajun breakfast bowls and blueberry ketchup will be part of the mix in a revamped Polk cafeteria menu. Lakeland Ledger.

Discipline. Duval suspends 3 percent of kindergartners. Is this the right policy? Florida Times-Union.

Discrimination. Duval schools face a racial discrimination lawsuit. Florida Times-Union.

Summer. Teachers gather for an artists' retreat. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Uniforms. A uniform policy could bring Miami-Dade schools $2.5 million. GradebookSun-Sentinel.

Hiring. Marion schools fill hundreds of positions heading into the new year. Ocala Star-Banner.

Campaigns. A former principal launches his campaign for Leon County Schools Superintendent. Tallahassee Democrat.

Teacher quality. Testing outfits help teachers in quests to qualify for bonuses. Gradebook.

Administration. A Palm Beach high school gets a new leader. Florida Times-Union. Palm Beach Post.

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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