Florida roundup: Teacher bonuses, single-gender schools and more
Teacher bonuses challenged: The state's program for teacher bonuses is being challenged by Tallahassee lawyer Ronald G. Meyer, who says the...
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Suicide prevention: Two Lee County legislators say they will file bills requiring a two-hour suicide prevention course be added to continuing education...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: School testing and grades, No Child and more
School testing, grades: A Department of Education simulation projecting school grades indicates that despite fears more schools would fail because...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: No Child, class size, grades, recess, uniforms and more
No Child bill update: Today, the U.S. Senate is poised to approve the revised No Child Left Behind Act. The changes...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Scholarship programs, turnaround hire and more
Scholarship programs upheld: A Florida circuit judge rejects a request to shut down two programs that provide state tax money for students to...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Black suspensions, homelessness and more
Black suspensions: An investigation of more than 600,000 punishments in Pinellas County schools from 2010-2015 shows that black children are suspended...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Pam Stewart, coding, bonuses, recess and more
Commissioner diagnosis: Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart has been diagnosed with breast cancer, according to a Department of Education press...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: FSA cut scores, No Child Left Behind and more
Test cut scores: Education Commissioner Pam Stewart is defending her plan for Florida Standards Assessment test cut score proficiency levels, arguing...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Class sizes, FSA cut scores and more
Class-size violation: The Pinellas County School District intentionally violated the state's class-size rules in the 2014-2015 school year, according to...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Education commissioner, bonuses and more
Elected commissioner: Support is growing among Republican legislators for a bill that would make the education commissioner an elected, Cabinet-level...
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