Florida schools roundup: Charter audits, discipline disparities and more
Discipline disparities. Black students make up 44 percent of Duval County's student body, but account for some 80 percent of...
Read More >Florida roundup: Charter schools, Schools of Hope, growth and more
Schools of Hope. The Hillsborough school district could win substantial grants to improve its persistently struggling schools. Tampa Bay Times....
Read More >A virtual solution to a rural teacher shortage?
Florida's third-smallest school district has a math problem, in the words of its local newspaper. Two of its three math...
Read More >For school choice foes, a more complete history of vouchers and race
In the 1900's, Mary McLeod Bethune founded a private vocational school as an alternative for black students Florida had relegated...
Read More >Florida charter schools move closer to equal funding
Tamara Switken chose to send her children to Mason Classical Academy, a charter school in Collier County, Fla. She was...
Read More >Schools of Hope — coming to a community near you?
Last week, the state Board of Education set plans in motion that could bring new charter schools to as many...
Read More >Home education once again on the rise in Florida
The number of home education students in Florida keeps rising. It reached 87,462 during the 2017-16 school year, according to...
Read More >A new direction for Florida school turnarounds
This spring, Florida's smallest school district launched an unprecedented turnaround effort led by a charter school organization. But Jefferson County...
Read More >Fla. board of education denies 'double-F' charter school appeal
The Florida Board of Education today declined a North Florida charter school's bid to remain open another school year. Orange...
Read More >Florida charter school wins again in drawn-out legal fight
A charter school won another victory in a multifaceted legal battle with a South Florida school board. But even if...
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