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Charter school effects, academic standards, ex-principal still on job, security and more

Combining, closing schools: As an increasing number of Broward County students switch to charter schools, the school district is considering closing underenrolled traditional public elementary and middle schools or merging them with other schools. The K-8 charter school model has been particularly successful in Broward, with 20,000 elementary and 10,000 middle school students moving to... Read more »

Teacher pay raise questions, ‘mental health days’ bill, LGBTQ+ awareness and more

Raising teacher pay: A critical question still unanswered after Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed a minimum starting salary of $47,500 for teachers is this: Do the governor and the Legislature even have the power, under state law, to set teacher pay? Legislative leaders have pointed in the past to the law, which gives local school boards... Read more »

$47,500 starting teacher pay proposed, inaccurate study retracted and more

Teacher pay raises: Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the Legislature to bump the minimum starting salary for Florida teachers to $47,500 as a way to address a teacher shortage. The state's average starting salary is now $37,636, according to the National Education Association. The proposal would mean raises for more than 101,000 of the state's... Read more »

Teacher bonuses for content experts, school law challenge, CPR bill and more

Teacher bonuses: The Florida Board of Education will reconsider rules at its meeting Monday that define "content experts" so those teachers can be eligible for recruitment bonuses through the state's Best and Brightest Scholarship Program. An emergency rule adopted in July broadly defined content experts in the subjects of math, science, computer science, civics and... Read more »

School funding inequities by race, security lapses, raises for educators and more

Funding inequities: Eight of the 10 largest school districts in Florida spend less money per student in schools with the highest percentage of nonwhite students than in those with fewer nonwhites, according to a new report from the nonprofit Education Reform Now. In Miami-Dade County, the difference is about 27 percent, or about $3,400 more... Read more »

The little school where it’s okay to fail

ST. CLOUD, Fla. – In the ever-expanding universe of public education, Phil and Jennifer Henderson are, by their own design, little fish in a big pond. A few years ago, the couple left teaching in public schools here on the edge of metro Orlando to start their own little micro-school. Arts Thereafter is a faith-based,… Read more »

Top court to get H.B. 7069 lawsuit, charter termination upheld, bonuses and more

School law appeal: The nine school boards that lost an appeals court challenge to the constitutionality of a state education law passed in 2017 say they will now take the case to the Florida Supreme Court. Boards from Alachua, Bay, Broward, Hamilton, Lee, Orange, Polk, St. Lucie and Volusia counties say the law, known as... Read more »

Charters may arm staff, surveillance videos, active-shooter training and more

Security in schools: Some Palm Beach County charter schools are considering arming teachers or other school employees because they say they can't afford to pay for a law enforcement officer or school guardian to protect schools. Just a handful of the county's 51 charter schools are considering the guardian program, says deputy superintendent Keith Oswald.... Read more »

Possible reprieve for Israel, vaping up, choice growth, test changes and more

Reinstatement recommended: A Florida Senate special master is recommending that Scott Israel be reinstated as sheriff of Broward County. Israel was suspended in January by Gov. Ron DeSantis for his and his department's failures during the shooting deaths of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. “Sheriff Israel and the BSO are... Read more »

DeSantis wants a new bonus plan, zero tolerance for sexual harassment and more

DeSantis: Scrap bonus plan: Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state's educator bonus program is too complicated, and he wants to replace it with his own, as-yet undisclosed plan that would tie in with higher teacher pay and incentives to improve retention. “How the Legislature did it last time, I still don’t understand how that’s going... Read more »

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