Florida schools roundup: Charter district, incentives, recess and more
Charter district: The Florida Board of Education approves a charter schools company taking over a public school district's operations. Jefferson...
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Testing reforms: Under the proposed "Fewer, Better Tests" bills filed Wednesday in the Legislature, all K-12 assessment testing would take place in...
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Testing reform: Three legislators say they will file a bill today that would cut back on state-required assessment testing. The...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Merit pay, education funding, club policy and more
Merit pay study: A study nationally and in Orange County concludes that tying teacher pay to students' performance on standardized testing has...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Charter district plan, testing, recess and more
Charter district: The Jefferson County School District could become the state's first all-charter schools district, if the Florida Board of Education...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Budget-cutting exercise, charter schools and more
Cutting exercise: Members of the Florida House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee meet to brainstorm about what they might cut out of...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Bright Futures, capital funding, testing and more
Bright Futures: The proposed expansion of Bright Futures scholarships is moving in two directions within the Florida Senate. Senate President...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Retention suit, DeVos, weapons, adoptions and more
Retention appeal: At least two judges on the three-member First District Court of Appeal seem skeptical of a Leon County judge's...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Transfers, Saturday school, hacking and more
Open enrollment rules: The state's new open enrollment law was intended to give any student a chance at any open...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Retention suit, school bells, demographics and more
Retention challenge: Parents who challenged the state's third-grade retention policy - and won - are back in court this week. A...
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