Florida roundup: Student success, charter schools, Cameron Diaz and more
Success. A high school graduate who worked 12-hour weekend shifts to pay his family's bills is headed to Johns Hopkins....
Read More >Parent trigger, revisited
A so-called parent trigger law is the rare education reform policy that didn't make it in Florida. It's still on the...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Cellphones, citizenship, teacher evaluations and more
Cellphones. A teacher is suspended after using a device that jammed students' cellphone signals. Gradebook. Tampa Tribune. Teacher evaluations. Polk...
Read More >Choice, competition and turnarounds: Keep an eye on Jacksonville
For people who believe school choice can lead to improvements in the public school system as a whole, an interesting case study...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Turnarounds, arrests, funding and more
Turnarounds. The Florida Times-Union runs its third installment on an effort to turn around a struggling middle school. Funding. Gov....
Read More >How home school students navigate college admissions
When students apply to college, their school sends an official transcript that details their academic record, and proves they’ve finished...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Startups, turnarounds, testing and more
Startups. Two teachers hang out a shingle to create a supportive environment for middle school students in inner-city Orlando. ABC World...
Read More >This week in school choice: A fair accounting
Regulators have real incentives not to expand school choice, or to erect new barriers. It's easy to find reasons not to...
Read More >Why Florida's charter schools are seeing facilities funding shrink
There's been a lot of talk recently about the potential impact on school districts' budgets if they are required to share...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Lawsuits, charter schools, reading and more
Lawsuits. The Florida Education Association and other groups should drop their lawsuit against the state tax credit scholarship program, state...
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