Tax credit scholarships. What would happen to 70,000 students if the lawsuit challenging the scholarship program succeeded? Orlando Sentinel. Step Up For Students, which co-hosts this blog and employs the author of this post, helps administer the program. Testing. Seminole County’s school superintendent calls on the state to let school districts use national, norm-referenced assessments…. Read more »
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Florida schools roundup: STEM, teacher evaluations, TFA and more
STEM. Two charters and one magnet school do especially well getting disadvantaged students to pass state science tests. Bridge to Tomorrow. Teacher evaluations. A teachers union lawsuit against Florida’s evaluation system stumbles in federal court. Gradebook. Sentinel School Zone. School choice. A Polk County school will now only be open to students assigned to its zone. Lakeland… Read more »
Parent: Education savings account gives us freedom, flexibility, hope
We thought redefinED readers would enjoy the following essay about Florida’s Personal Learning Scholarship Account by Tampa, Fla. parent Mary Kurnik. It originally appeared in the summer 2015 issue of The Old Schoolhouse magazine, and is re-published with the magazine’s permission. The PLSA is an education savings account (ESA) administered by nonprofits like Step Up For… Read more »
Florida roundup: Charter schools, AP, teacher turnover and more
Charter schools. News Service of Florida writes up an administrative law judge’s ruling that a district cannot require charter schools to provide transportation. College credit. Few students receive top scores on Advanced Placement physics exams. Bridge to Tomorrow. More Hillsborough students graduate with International Baccalaureate diplomas. Gradebook. Bright Futures. Should precalculus be mandatory for students… Read more »
At this private school, STEM gets a boost
On a summer morning when some middle schoolers were sleeping in or headed to the beach, 12-year-old Ariana Rendona and two dozen other students were in a classroom at St. Luke Catholic School, using X-acto knives to slice up sheep brain. Behind goggles and lab coats, they took turns differentiating grey matter from white matter… Read more »
New fund aims to grow quality private schools
For years, some of the country’s top charter school networks have turned to venture philanthropy funds that have helped them grow and replicate. Now, for the first time, a group of philanthropists and investors has set out to create something similar for high-quality private schools. The founders of a new philanthropic venture known as the Drexel… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Budgets, tests, charter schools and more
Budgets. Districts with a high military population will see a funding boost. Panama City News Herald. Chief Senate education budget writer Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, talks about funding increases for North Florida schools. WUWF. A PBS digital learning program loses state funding. Fort Myers News-Press. Charter schools. A principal’s ouster leaves a charter school in turmoil as… Read more »
Florida roundup: Charter schools, STEM, growth and more
Charter schools. A failed Pensacola charter school faces a lawsuit by its financier. Pensacola News-Journal. New state rules would make it easier for charter schools to disclose their applicant histories. Sun-Sentinel. STEM. Flagler schools plan to create a new STEM academy. Daytona Beach News-Journal. Growth. The St. Lucie school district plans to hike the fees it… Read more »
Florida roundup: Charter schools, budgets, construction and more
Budgets. More funding for public schools, plenty of projects and an expansion of Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts are all part of the Legislature’s budget deal. Orlando Sentinel. Sun-Sentinel. Times/Herald. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. redefinED. Growth. The Sarasota school district will need to build multiple schools over the next decade to accommodate projected growth. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The Manatee County Commission agrees to… Read more »
This Week in School Choice: A good year so far
It’s been a good year for school choice. A growing number of states are joining what is now a majority offering some for of private school choice option. And the battlefield keeps expanding. This week, states around the country grappled with the complications of school choice programs, both public and private. Legal updates New York is still debating… Read more »
