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Chorus against reopening schools growing, testing changes, virtual graduation, aid gripes and more

Reopening school opposition grows: The chorus of voices coming out against the reopening of Florida schools in May got more support Wednesday from superintendents of the largest school district in the state and of the district around the state capital, representatives of four statewide medical organizations and the statewide PTA. Miami-Dade School District Superintendent Alberto... Read more »

Federal aid for schools, budget assessments, new superintendent, district joins vaping suit and more

Federal aid for schools: The federal coronavirus relief package will provide $3 billion to K-12 schools in the United States, and $173 million of that is going to Florida, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Tuesday. Governors will have latitude on how to hand out the money, though DeVos said it should be spent on... Read more »

Surgeon general led from meeting after comments, charters, most child-care centers closed and more

Surgeon general led away: Florida's surgeon general was removed from a press briefing by an aide of the governor on Monday after saying that social distancing would need to continue until there's a vaccine. In a video posted on Twitter, Dr. Scott Rivkees said, "So as long as we're going to have COVID in the... Read more »

Why curriculum matters: research and policy

Editor’s note: This commentary from Ashley Berner, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and associate professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education, is the first of a four-part series that examines the importance of high-quality materials for state leaders, schools, and parents. It is a truth universally acknowledged that high-performing… Read more »

Fauci issues a warning about reopening schools, repairs in jeopardy, laptops, schedules and more

A warning for Florida: Reopening Florida schools next month could lead to students being infected with the coronavirus, warned Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The idea of reopening was mentioned by Gov. Ron DeSantis last week, who said, “We’re going to look at the evidence and... Read more »

DeSantis sees value in reopening schools even for a short time, teacher raises, graduations and more

'Value' of reopening schools: Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he's still undecided if schools will reopen this academic year, but is evaluating the situation every two weeks and said that under the right conditions students could go back even if it's only for a short time. “We’re going to look at the evidence and make... Read more »

Back-to-school tax holiday bill signed, on reopening schools, graduations, yearbooks delay and more

Back-to-school tax holiday: The bill calling for back-to-school and disaster preparedness tax holidays has been signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The back-to-school portion of the bill sets Aug. 7-9 as days when shoppers can buy clothing, school supplies and electronic devices tax-free. The disaster-preparedness tax holiday runs from May 29-June 4, and includes such items... Read more »

Court challenge to 2017 education law rejected, TV purchases questioned, graduation off and more

Education law challenge denied: Florida's Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will not consider an appeal of a lower court decision that rejected a constitutional challenge of the 2017 education law, H.B. 7069, by nine local school boards. As is customary, the court did not explain its decision. School boards from Alachua, Bay, Broward, Hamilton,... Read more »

Prepaid defers payments for 3 months, sales tax hike vote, online issues, AP testing with notes and more

Prepaid payments deferred: The Prepaid College Board has deferred payments into college accounts for three months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Those who have accounts for their children or grandchildren won't have to pay in April, May and June, and will resume July 20. The three monthly deferred payments will be added at the end... Read more »

Education relief funds, budget worries, graduations, scholarship growth, superintendents and more

Finances and relief funds: U.S. governors are pressing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to immediately start releasing the $30 billion of aid earmarked for education from the $2.2 trillion coronavirus virus package approved last week by Congress. The National Governors Association also urged DeVos to give governors maximum flexibility in how to allocate the money. “The... Read more »

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