Charter schools and districts agree: FL needs facilities funding fix
Florida's charter schools need a dedicated source of funding for their buildings. That was one thing charter advocates and district representatives...
Read More >New kid on Florida's school choice block
When members of the Florida School Boards Association started pulling into the Costa D'Este Beach Resort for a gathering in Vero...
Read More >Florida roundup: Charter schools, magnet schools, lawsuits and more
Charter schools. Palm Beach school district officials say it will be months before they can meet with West Palm Beach city...
Read More >Florida roundup: School choice, lawsuits, charter schools and more
School choice. Kevin Chavous of the American Federation for Children talks about the widening national battle for more educational options....
Read More >Judge recuses herself from school choice and funding lawsuit
The judge latest assigned to preside over Florida's school choice and education adequacy lawsuit has decided to recuse herself from...
Read More >ACLU complaints target single-gender schools, including charters
The American Civil Liberties Union widened its challenges of single-gender programs in Florida public schools, filing federal complaints in three more Florida...
Read More >Florida roundup: Campaigns, turnarounds, budgets and more
Campaigns. Gubernatorial challenger Charlie Crist campaigns with a national teachers union leader. WSVN. Miami Times. School board candidates spar over...
Read More >Republican offers to serve as 'bridge' to teachers union on FL school choice suit
Citing concern for low-income children whose school choice scholarships are threatened by a recently filed lawsuit, a key Republican legislator...
Read More >Florida roundup: Lawsuits, testing, private schools and more
CAPE. High school welding programs provide a direct pipeline to jobs in the Tampa Bay region. Tampa Tribune. Private schools....
Read More >Citing Catholic ties, plaintiffs want judge off FL school choice, funding lawsuit
The plaintiffs in a wide-ranging lawsuit that challenges multiple aspects of Florida's education system argue that the current judge should be disqualified...
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