Florida schools roundup: Back pay, literacy coaches, first days & more
Libraries: Five Miami-Dade County technical school libraries will open to the public starting the first day of school to offset expected budget cuts. Miami Herald. Back...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Common Core, charter schools, budget woes & more
Common Core: The St. Johns County Republican Assembly is the latest GOP group to question the new education standards adopted...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Debit cards, ESE crisis, state school grades & more
Debit cards: Only seven of 67 Florida school districts have taken Gov. Scott's offer of a $250 debit card for school...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Religion, Randi Weingarten, Common Core & more
Lawsuit: The Palm Beach County School Board faces a lawsuit from two students and their rabbi/attorney/father that charges the district fails to teach evolution and truths...
Read More >A math teacher for the 21st Century
Twenty years ago, Dennis DiNoia taught middle school math in typical classrooms, in typical Florida public schools. Now his classroom...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Tutors, single-gendered schools, Jeb Bush & more
Tutoring: A Tampa Bay Times investigation finds that one in four public educators made money from a taxpayer-funded program by tutoring children from...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Frank Brogan, Florida Virtual, first days & more
Frank Brogan: The outgoing Florida university system chancellor talks about Common Core, state grades and Tony Bennett. TCPalm. Common Core:...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: A-F grades, Florida Virtual, library cuts & more
Report cards: Palm Beach County second-graders won't see traditional A-F grades on report cards this year as the district moves...
Read More >Urban Leagues explore school choice
Florida's Urban Leagues and education advocates are teaming up for a series of town halls later this month that will include discussions on...
Read More >Florida Virtual School cuts 177 jobs
Hits to Florida Virtual School continue this week with the nation's largest provider of online classes cutting 177 full-time positions. The cuts...
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