Summer slide. A charter school and local officials team up to offer tutoring and other activities to push back the summer slide in rural Franklin County. The Times.
Lawsuits. Bishop Victor Curry praises a judge’s ruling dismissing the lawsuit challenging Florida’s tax credit scholarship program in a Miami Herald guest column. Step Up For Students, which employs the author of this post, helps administer the program.
Private schools. A Jacksonville private school shuts down, citing declining enrollment. Florida Times-Union. WJXT. Jacksonville Daily Record.
Sharing. Pensacola high school students start a clothes closet for classmates in need. Pensacola News-Journal.
Leadership. The leader of Catholic schools in the Tampa Bay Area is set to become chief of staff at the Hillsborough County school district. Gradebook. More from the Tampa Tribune.
Violence. A school tries to make sense of a 14-year-old’s killing. Tampa Bay Times.
Testing. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune airs testing complaints.
Plagiarism. A high school principal is accused of plagiarizing a graduation speech. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Palm Beach Post.
Dress code. Students who lost National Honor Society titles over dress code violations are reinstated as officers. Fort Myers News-Press.
Teacher pay. Pasco’s superintendent says he’ll likely offer district employees a 3 percent raise. Gradebook.
Retention. The state Department of Education informs districts which third graders score low in reading. Orlando Sentinel. Gradebook. Palm Beach Post. Florida Times-Union. Lakeland Ledger.
Rigor. A Tampa school saw its third-graders improve amid higher standards. Tampa Tribune.
Teacher conduct. A former charter school teacher is sentenced to five years in prison for child molestation. Orlando Sentinel.
STEM. Treasure Coast schools will get sophisticated weather equipment. TCPalm.
Sunshine. School board members take heat over a private conversation. Ocala Star-Banner.
Funding. It’s not clear whether St. Johns schools will share in a county tax referendum. Florida Times-Union.
Offended. A technical high school offers to buy back yearbooks said to contain offensive images. Tampa Bay Times.
Planning. Volusia schools draw up strategic plans. Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Retirement. The Tampa Bay Times profiles a pair of seasoned educators saying goodbye.
Bullying. Manatee schools launch an anti-bullying program. Bradenton Herald.
School’s out. St. Johns students mark the end of the year. St. Augustine Record.
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