Florida roundup: Blue Ribbons, teacher bonuses, test results and more

florida-roundup-logoAwards. Ten Florida public schools, including six charter schools, win National Blue Ribbon honors. redefinED. Sentinel School Zone. Gradebook. Tallahassee Democrat. WTXL.

Test results. The first round of state assessment results comes out today. Gradebook. School Zone. Palm Beach Post.

Teacher quality. Teachers bemoan the deadline to apply for bonuses. StateImpact.

Teachers unions. Santa Rosa’s union responds to debt claims from the statewide association. Northwest Florida Daily News.

School accountability. The Florida PTA weighs in. Gradebook.

Student activities. A Miami Gardens middle school launches a student paper. Miami Herald.

Challenges. Some say schools are pushing too many students into tough courses. Orlando Sentinel.

Termination. A parent complaint could lead to three school employee firings. St. Augustine Record.

Class size. A Boca Raton father takes a school to court. Palm Beach Post.

Campaigns. Candidates vie for a Martin County School Board seat. Stuart News.

School boards. The Tallahassee Democrat runs through a meeting.

High school sports. Athletics are once again on the legislative agenda. Gradebook.

Failure factories. A state lawmaker weighs in on the Tampa Bay Times investigation. Florida Politics.

Administration. New principals come to Hillsborough. Gradebook. Manatee replaces a principal. Bradenton Herald.

Transportation. Hillsborough’s bus system is set for an external review. Gradebook.

Safety. Officials give a “debriefing” on a high school death threat. Gradebook. The district buys 200 buses. Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Tribune.

Awards. A Manatee music teacher Shines. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.


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BY Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is Director of Thought Leadership at Step Up For Students and editor of NextSteps. He lives in Sanford, Fla. 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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