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Some good news amidst the doom and gloom

Schools will reopen after we cancel the apocalypse. We just can’t be sure yet what that will look like. I’m writing from my social isolation home base in Arizona, attempting to offer hope on the pandemic and passing along SeattlePI’s Christina Ausley’s list of good-news stories about the outbreak. According to Ausley, some reasons for… Read more »

Federal testing waivers, AP testing at home, teachers and bumps in online instruction plans, and more

Relief actions: Federal standardized testing requirements for U.S. elementary and high school students have been waived by the U.S. Department of Education. “Neither students nor teachers need to be focused on high-stakes tests during this difficult time," U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said on Friday. Politico. The 74. Education Week. T.H.E. Journal. President Trump announced Friday... Read more »

Budget and teacher raises vote, teachers protest return to work, alternative learning, and more

Budget vote today: Legislators will file into the Capitol this morning, into a chamber closed to visitors because of the coronavirus pandemic, to cast votes on the state's $93.2 billion budget. Some lawmakers wanted to vote remotely, but were told by legislative leaders that the constitution did not allow for that. The chamber will be... Read more »

Schools closed until April 15, testing and school grades canceled, graduations, teacher pay and more

School closings extended: Florida's K-12 schools will be closed at least until April 15, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday. He also said that the required end-of-the-year K-12 state assessment tests for students will be scrapped, that graduation requirements will be re-evaluated to allow for the absence of those test scores, and that school grades will... Read more »

Testing delays, coronavirus and Florida schools, state budget vote, sales tax hike deal and more

Testing delays: Significant changes in testing for high school students were announced Monday. The College Board said that the scheduled SAT test days March 28 and May 2 have been canceled. The March 28 date was a makeup day for the March 14 tests that were canceled earlier. ACT Inc. said its test that was... Read more »

Extra break for schools, budget and teacher raises, session’s education winners and losers, and more

Schools closing: To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, every school district in the state is extending spring break for an extra week upon the recommendation of Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran. Most districts are on spring break this week and will be closed the week after that, returning March 30. Districts with spring breaks starting... Read more »

College classes going online, Tampa school closed, school meals, budget, raises, tax breaks and more

Coronavirus concerns: The latest coronavirus headlines include all universities in the state system being told to send students home and shift to online instruction as soon as possible, more cases confirmed as a pandemic is declared and travel restrictions are announced, Tampa's Farnell Middle School being closed for the next two days for a deep... Read more »

Panic alarm bill approved by legislators, school closing preparations made, teacher pay and more

Panic alarm systems: The Legislature has approved a bill that requires all district and charter schools in Florida to have a panic alarm system that instantly alerts law enforcement, and the bill now goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis for a signature. If he signs it into law, districts will have the option of installing their... Read more »

Budget overhaul possible, coronavirus effects on education, scholarships, parental rights and more

Budget and teacher raises: The amount of money allotted for teacher raises could be changing again, as legislators reassess the budget to make sure the state has enough to fight the coronavirus outbreak. Legislators from both chambers did not resolve their differences over teacher raises, the base student allocation and the rest of the budget... Read more »

Education budget and teacher raises in flux, college consolidation dead, turnaround rules and more

Budget discussions: An apparent agreement on the state's education budget and teacher raises that was reached Saturday is now in question after the Senate made significant changes in a counteroffer on Sunday. The chambers had tentatively agreed on a budget that set aside $500 million for teacher raises, which was what the Senate originally proposed... Read more »

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