Florida schools roundup: Testing, transportation, Barack Obama and more

08/28/15
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Travis Pillow

florida-roundup-logoTesting. The shift to national assessments may not be all some its proponents hope for, but lawmakers will look into it. Gradebook. More analysis from Bridge to Tomorrow. Testing is a daily occurrence. Miami Herald.

Transportation. New routes don't seem to solve Palm Beach's busing crisis. Palm Beach Post. Hernando's transportation director is under investigation. Tampa Bay Times. A school bus is hit by a dump truck. Pensacola News-Journal. A motorcyclist collides with a school bus. Tampa Tribune.

Dress code. Palm Beach advances a dress code for parents. Palm Beach Post.

Backlash. Hillsborough schools face criticism over shirts sent to teachers that advertised a church. Tampa Bay Times.

Mentoring. Take Stock in Children hopes to offer mentoring and college scholarships to more Manatee students. Bradenton Herald.

Barack Obama. A Bradenton elementary student gets a letter from the president. Bradenton Herald.

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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