A Florida superintendent’s take on choice, charter schools & competition – Nikolai Vitti, podcastED
The sprawling, 125,000-student school district in Duval County, Fla., has a reputation for being particularly cold territory for vouchers and charter schools. But...
Read More >Florida roundup: Tony Bennett, school choice fairs, teachers and guns & more
Tony Bennett. The Orlando Sentinel hopes the new commissioner, who begins work today, “treads with discretion.” The Associated Press recalls...
Read More >Florida roundup: Education Week rankings, charter school access & more
Quality Counts. Florida ranks No. 6 this year in Education Week’s annual report. Coverage from redefinED, Associated Press, Miami Herald,...
Read More >Florida roundup: Quality Counts, Common Core, rezoning retreat & more
Top 10 again. Education Week ranks Florida No. 6 this year in its annual Quality Counts report. redefinED. Orlando Sentinel....
Read More >Education Week: Florida public schools rank No. 6 in education quality
For the fifth year in a row, Florida’s public school system ranks among the best in the country, according to...
Read More >Florida roundup: Charter schools, magnet schools, teacher conduct & more
Charter school attendance. The Palm Beach County school district plans to bring in a computer program to better track charter...
Read More >A new tool for school choice – Matthew Ladner, podcastED
Call them Vouchers 2.0. In the age of customization, researcher Matthew Ladner sees education savings accounts as the tool for the...
Read More >Florida roundup: Florida Formula, StudentsFirst, legislative hopes & more
Critiquing the Florida Formula. Matt Di Carlo at the Shanker Blog is a critic to be taken seriously. In his...
Read More >Report: Florida gets B- for education reform, C- for parental empowerment
Florida earns a C- for policies and program aimed at empowering parents, but that’s good enough for a No. 4...
Read More >Florida roundup: Rezoning snobs, home-school stereotypes, Rick Scott & more
School funding. Gov. Rick Scott wants to spend additional revenue on public schools, reports the Florida Current. Funding and other...
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