Florida roundup: Charter schools, Catholic schools, budgets and more

04/09/15
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Travis Pillow

florida-roundup-logoCatholic schools. Orlando Catholic schools are growing, and the city will soon be home to a growing Notre Dame initiative. Orlando Sentinel. redefinED.

Charter schools. Two failed charter schools prompt a Sun-Sentinel columnist to call for a moratorium on charter school facilities funding.

School boards. A group of independent-minded school board members tries to think differently. EdFly.

Superintendents. Palm Beach County chooses four finalists to be its next district superintendent. Palm Beach Post. Sun-Sentinel. Hillsborough's Elia is not among them. Tampa Tribune. Tampa Bay Times. Meanwhile, the Volusia school board suspends its search for a new superintendent. Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Advanced Placement. Florida rises to third in national AP rankings. Orlando Sentinel. redefinED.

Budgets. Spending cuts and tax increases may be in the offing to make Manatee schools' budgets balance. Sarasota Herald-TribuneBradenton Herald.

Boundaries. The Broward school board approves a controversial redrawing of school district boundaries. Sun-Sentinel.

Student conduct. A middle school student uses Tumblr to broadcast pron to other students in a computer lab. Tallahassee Democrat.

Changes. A Jacksonville event highlights advances in education. WJAX.

 

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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