Accountability. Superintendents may sound alarms on school grades and teacher evaluations in the wake of testing problems. Tampa Bay Times. Parents should "use caution" interpreting this year's school grades, Pasco's superintendent says. Gradebook.
Testing. Education Week looks at Florida's testing debate. School boards want the state to delay online testing and consider national assessments. Sentinel School Zone. Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino assails the state for not letting students up out of testing. Former state Sen. Paula Dockery weighs in with a guest column.
Growth. Hillsborough adds 5,000 students. Tampa Tribune.
Teacher pay. Pinellas district employees negotiate a raise. Tampa Bay Times. The Indian River school district inks a new deal with teachers that includes raises and longer work hours. Vero News.
School boards. Lee debates new district lines that might elect a minority board member. Naples Daily News.
Financial literacy. A rock band teachers students about compound interest. StateImpact.
ESE. Polk schools overhaul ESE and behavioral programs. Lakeland Ledger.
Planning. Manatee schools discuss the future. Bradenton Herald. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Textbooks. A passage on climate change draws criticism. Gradebook.
Cursive. It isn't dead in Brevard schools. Florida Today.
Overhaul. Parents inspect proposed school zones and other changes to Orlando-area schools. Orlando Sentinel.
Agriculture. A Manatee high school adds a pole barn. Bradenton Herald.
Literacy. Leon schools aim to set a reading record. Tallahassee Democrat.
