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Virtual school gives teen philanthropist time to make a difference

Zach Bonner first made headlines in Tampa, Fla. in 2004, a plucky 7-year-old pulling a wagon through his neighborhood to...

Sherri Ackerman

Tony Bennett for Florida ed commish?

Shock and buzz. Tony Bennett’s loss was last night’s big jawdropper in the ed realm. But shock is already giving...

Florida roundup: Election highlights, F-rated charter schools and more

Amendment 8 goes down. Coverage from Tampa Bay Times, Orlando Sentinel, Education Week, Associated Press. More money for schools. In...

Florida roundup: A StudentsFirst endorsement, the Sandusky ad & more

Rick Scott at the BOE. Not much to report beyond board chair Gary Chartrand’s brief dig at No Child Left...

Florida education leader: No Child Left Behind is a “colossal failure”

The decade-old No Child Left Behind Act is the epitome of top-down ed reform, and in some ways it parallels...

Sherri Ackerman

Florida roundup: Carl Hiaasen, an “indefensible” campaign ad and more

Carl Hiaasen on Amendment 8. He doesn’t like it, says it’s about vouchers. It’s hard to take exception with the legend...

Florida home-schoolers dive into STEM

In the factory’s tiny lobby, a dozen middle-school-aged boys and a handful of parents stood shoulder to shoulder in front...

Florida roundup: Catholic schools, district oversight, proposed tax hikes and more

Oldest African-American school in Florida. St. Peter Claver Catholic School in Tampa is profiled by Fox 13 in Tampa. Many...

District-run charter schools? Hmm...

When Florida Gov. Rick Scott unveiled his education agenda last week, he threw out a potentially far-reaching idea: Allowing districts...

Sherri Ackerman

Red flags in Florida charter school scandal raise questions about district oversight

The half-million-dollar payout to the principal of a failing charter school in Orlando has sparked far-ranging criticism of Florida charter...

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