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A magnet school principal makes the performing arts count

Editor’s note: Throughout August, redefinED is revisiting stories that shine a light on extraordinary educators. Today’s post, first published in May 2018, describes how principal Martin Reid transformed the Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts in Miami from a low-performing small magnet program to a school with a graduation rate higher than the… Read more »

Education budget details, civics education consultants, mental health and more

Education budget details: The Florida Department of Education's $22.3 billion budget request includes $174 million for capital projects at charter schools; $73 million more for K-12 scholarship programs, including $42 million more for Gardiner scholarships for disabled students; $40 million more for the Schools of Hope charter program; $25.4 million for technology upgrades for security... Read more »

Education budget request, ‘shoddy’ training cited, charter schools and more

Proposed education budget: The Florida Board of Education approves the Department of Education's $22.3 billion budget request, which includes an extra $25 million for mental health services and another $1.4 million for school resource officers. It does not include any additional money for the educator bonuses program. The department's requested increase for the base student... Read more »

Jack Coons: The needy need charters

The New York Times recently managed yet another article discrediting charter schools, this one asserting they have lost their luster. This knock comes in harmony with the current kibitzing by the teachers unions, so far quite successful in persuading state legislators to limit the growing number of these competitors of our “public schools.” New York… Read more »

Security and discipline, innovative new schools, sales tax hike fight and more

Security in schools: The new school year brings new security measures to keep students safe, including laws addressing mental health, active shooter drills and more. WLRN. Florida Daily. A newly imposed rule from the Florida Department of Education requiring five hours of mental health instruction for students in grades 6-12 has no funding attached, say... Read more »

Per-student spending, sales tax hike votes, pre-K changes, civics review and more

School spending per student: The Florida Department of Education's recent release of school-by-school per-student spending shows wide discrepancies between regions, counties and even among schools in the same district. The state average for per-student spending is about $9,500, which is 45th in the nation, but ranges from less than $2,000 per student at one school... Read more »

Education savings accounts: their evolution in Arizona

Editor’s note: This post is the second installment of a short series on the origins of K-12 education savings account programs. In the first installment, Dan Lips, a visiting fellow with the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity and the originator of the concept which eventually became the AZESA program, described the turn of the… Read more »

Principals, students and teachers behaving badly and more

Numbers games: An investigation into a Hillsborough County public school principal reveals she played all sorts of numbers games to boost school grades and graduation rates from changing student enrollment and withdrawal statuses to delaying enrollment, counseling students out, and denying admissions to a student who had been arrested in the prior year. Tampa Bay... Read more »