Florida schools roundup: Catholic schools, teacher pay, accountability gaming & more
Catholic schools. Yet another Catholic school closes, this one in Palm Beach County, with many students turning to charter schools....
Read More >Religious schools should be a bigger part of the solution
Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court justice, might never have blossomed in the Bronx without the help of a faith-based school, a...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: laptops, gifted students, accelerated classes & more
School technology. StateImpact Florida takes a look at the One Laptop Per Child program. Accelerated classes. In Pasco, enrollment is...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: FCAT scores, STEM teachers, super nerds & more
FCAT. FCAT writing scores up. FCAT reading and math scores flat. Miami Herald. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Palm Beach Post. Orlando Sentinel....
Read More >Florida schools roundup: charter schools, career academies, cat dissections & more
Charter schools. Green light given for golfer Ernie Els' $30 million charter school for children with autism, reports the Palm Beach...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Tony Bennett, per-pupil funding, charter conversion & more
Tony Bennett. Interview with Alexander Russo. School choice. Pasco Superintendent Kurt Browning is forming a high-level task force to examine...
Read More >Towards a united front on school choice
Vouchers, here. Charters, there. Virtual, over there. Politically, school choice sectors have been islands. But there are signs the movement...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Common Core, school spending, arts education & more
Common Core. Tony Bennett promises the most aggressive deployment of Common Core in the country. StateImpact Florida. Teacher raises. Guidance...
Read More >Mike McCurry: School choice centrism is antidote for broken politics
In an American political system ripped apart by partisanship, the school choice movement stands out as a rare example of...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Rick Scott vetoes, teacher pay, ed schools & more
Rick Scott. Gov. Rick Scott vetoes about $400 million in spending and a proposed tuition hike, reports the Associated Press and South Florida...
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