Florida schools roundup: Desegregation, IB, STEM and more

10/25/16
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Travis Pillow

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Desegregation. Negotiations stall in a high-profile Pinellas County lawsuit aiming to improve educational equity for black students. Gradebook.

International Baccalaureate.  A federal grant will help Palm Beach IB programs expand. Palm Beach Post.

STEM. A national initiative is coming to Clay County. Florida Times-Union.

School board campaigns. A two-term incumbent faces a challenge for her Orange County School board seat from a former principal. Orlando Sentinel. Two like-minded educators angle for the same seat on the Duval County School Board. Florida Times-Union. Two competing visions are on offer in a Lake County race. Daily Commercial.

Taxes. Pinellas voters will decide on a referendum to fund teacher salaries, the arts and reading programs. Tampa Bay Times.

Boundaries. Controversy flares over Pasco County school rezoning. Gradebook.

Schedules. Pinellas proposes a school calendar for next year. Gradebook.

Support. The Public Education Foundation of Marion County sees a big funding surge. Ocala Star-Banner.

Why I teach. A teacher gets a thank-you from a former student whose mother died  of cancer. 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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