Accountability. Florida school boards come out swinging on school accountability. Gradebook. Southwest Florida and Bay County superintendents air frustrations. Fort Myers News-Press. Panama City News Herald. Standards, testing and accountability emerge as election issues. Politico Florida.
Testing. Collier, Leon and Wakulla students do well on state assessments. Naples Daily News. Tallahassee Democrat.
Teacher quality. The application period closes on a contentious bonus program. Gradebook.
Legislation. Senate Education Appropriations Chairman Don Gaetz tells a Jackson County Rotary Club he will fight for a local school-construction appropriation and try to revamp the state's testing and accountability systems. Jackson County Floridian.
Public opinion. Hispanics would rather talk about education than immigration, Julio Fuentes writes in the Washington Examiner. (He is on the board of Step Up For Students, which hosts this blog).
Athletics. Private-school stereotypes aren't all true. Leesburg Daily Commercial.
Transportation. Bus woes continue in Boca. Sun-Sentinel.
Parental involvement. Schools encourage dads to get involved. Panama City News Herald.
Boundaries. Hernando avoids a heated debate over rezoning. Tampa Bay Times.
Calendars. Orange County schools may end the first semester early next school year. Orlando Sentinel.
Driver's ed. Manatee schools can apply for a grant. Bradenton Herald.
Building skills. Florida School for the Deaf and Blind students learn to build homes. Saint Augustine Record.
