Florida schools roundup: Turnaround schools, recess, unions and more
'Schools of hope': The House Education Committee approves a bill that would tighten the timetable for districts to turn around low-performing public...
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Education budget plans: The Senate appropriations subcommittee approves a plan to increase preK-12 education spending by $535 million. The panel chairman,...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: K-12 funding, recess, choice, charters and more
K-12 funding: The Senate Budget Committee proposes a boost of $790 million in spending in the next school year for Florida's...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Testing, facilities funding, coding and more
Testing bill stalls: The Senate Education Committee temporarily postpones a vote on SB 926, the so-called "Fewer, Better Tests" bill to...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Testing bills, recess, graduation rates and more
School testing: State senators will consider competing school testing bills this week. SB 926 would push testing back to the...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Teacher tests, minorities in AP classes and more
Teacher tests: The Florida Department of Education says a historically high percentage of people who want to be teachers are failing...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Graduation investigation, charter schools and more
Graduation investigation: The Florida Department of Education launches an investigation to see if school districts are dumping struggling students in their...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Charter district, tests, home-schooling and more
Charter district: The Jefferson County School Board agrees to turn over operations of the district's struggling schools to the charter school company Somerset...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Construction funds, Bright Futures, testing and more
School construction funds: Florida will be $36 million short for school construction funding in the next year if legislators do not...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Testing, Bright Futures, Vitti, budget and more
Testing bills: The Florida Senate Education Committee meets Tuesday to consider seven bills that could change Florida's testing-based accounting system. Among...
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