Florida roundup: Charter schools, school choice, principals and more
Charter schools. Charter schools can give teachers a way to break through bureaucracy. Orlando Sentinel. School choice. A public school...
Read More >Blended learning and keeping up with kids' needs: Amy McGrath, podcastED
Increasingly, Florida's school districts are offering virtual courses and district leaders are talking about adapting to an environment where at least...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Private schools, testing, teacher pay or more
Private schools. A private school in an economically depressed Tampa neighborhood helps strengthen the surrounding community and educates low-income students who...
Read More >Florida roundup: Charter schools, testing, teacher pay and more
Charter schools. Charter school advocates are on board with measures to keep out unqualified charter operators. Sun-Sentinel. WUFT talks to...
Read More >Florida roundup: Testing, tax credit scholarships, class sizes and more
Testing. Florida has released the results of its testing investigation, and Gov. Rick Scott plans to issue an order paring...
Read More >Senate panel approves expansion of Florida special needs scholarships
A Florida Senate panel on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation making tweaks to the state's second-in-the-nation program that provides scholarship accounts for...
Read More >Florida Board of Education to hear two charter school appeals
Two proposed charter schools that were rejected by their local school boards will get to make their cases to the...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: Math, superintendents, kindergarten and more
Virtual school. The number of students attending virtual schools full-time nearly doubles. WOFL. Charter schools. A Sarasota charter school seeks...
Read More >Fighting for school choice 'on every frontier': Q & A with Ken Campbell
Late last month, the Black Alliance for Educational Options announced Ken Campbell will step down after five years as president of the organization, where he has served...
Read More >Florida roundup: School boards, testing, curriculum and more
School boards. A new membership organization courts school board members who break with the Florida School Boards Association and support...
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