Florida schools roundup: Corruption, violence, testing and more

Internships. A Volusia program gives students on-the-job construction experience. Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Testing. An anti-testing group helps students opt out of standardized assessments. StateImpact. Will passing the state's new eleventh-grade English assessment allow a student to graduate? Gradebook.

Corruption. The trial of a former Broward school board member is set to begin. Sun-Sentinel.

Contracts. The Leon County school district is providing records to a grand jury in a contracting investigation. Tallahassee Democrat.

Employee conduct. A private school faces a lawsuit over cases of child molestation during a summer camp. Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Employee relations. Parents protest the ouster of a private high school's winning cross-country coach. Florida Today.

Violence. Police are skeptical of the idea a teenager was shot outside an elementary school over his $400 headphones. Miami Herald.

Bomb threats. A Gainesville student faces felony charges over false threats. Gainesville Sun.

Legislation. The chairs of two top Florida House education committees will remain the same as last year. Saint Petersblog.

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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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