Florida roundup: Charter schools, turnarounds, discipline and more
Charter schools. School Finance 101 zooms in on Florida while analyzing who runs charter schools around the country. Summer. Pasco...
Read More >Home school parents fend off rule changes in Alachua County
Proposed home education rules in Alachua County caused a stir among local families and home school advocates around the state...
Read More >FLVS drops plan for physical campus
Earlier this year, buzz was building around plans for Florida Virtual School to launch a physical campus at its Orlando...
Read More >Creating new, good schools makes closing bad ones easier
Richard Whitmire, a prominent chronicler of the charter school movement, has been beating the drum on quality lately. He argues the cause...
Read More >Florida roundup: Home education, testing, discipline and more
Home education. Home school parents convince the Alachua County school district to back away from a proposed policy that would have...
Read More >Florida Hispanic students more likely to choose charter schools
Hispanic students are fueling much of the growth in Florida's public-school enrollment, but a trend within that trend has not...
Read More >Florida schools roundup: STEM, teacher pay, special needs and more
Special needs. The Hillsborough school district comes under scrutiny for its treatment of special needs students. Tampa Bay Times. STEM....
Read More >Florida private school enrollment keeps growing
Florida's private schools added more than 5,500 students during the recently completed school year, according to new statistics from the...
Read More >Column: Tax credit scholarships serve disadvantaged students
More students could soon become eligible for Florida tax credit scholarships, but the numbers don't lie. The program serves the state's...
Read More >Low-income private school students could gain in new federal education law
While Congress recently rejected plans to support school vouchers or allow federal Title I funding to follow students to any...
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