Florida schools roundup: Charter schools, threats, privacy and more
Charter schools: A report by the Pew Charitable Trusts shows that the number of charter schools opening in Florida grew at...
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Graduation rates: Florida's public high school graduation rate is improving but is still below the national average and among the...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: School changes, legislative bills and more
School change: A working group discussing the future of Duval County's Northwestern Middle School votes unanimously to reject the district's...
Read More >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...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Suicide prevention, grades, No Child and more
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...
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