Testing. Miami-Dade dramatically scales back required assessments. Miami Herald. WPLG. StateImpact. Answer Sheet. Sunshine State News. Marion County considers seeking a state waiver from testing. Ocala Star-Banner. School choice. Opportunity scholarships, one of Florida’s least-used school forms of school choice, won’t be available to new students next year. Gradebook. Charter school provisions are added to school… Read more »
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Charter school growth and district budgets
Recent news from Jacksonville, according to the Florida Times-Union: The Duval County School Board is predicting charter schools will continue to grow, drawing more students from district schools and creating a multi-million-dollar shortfall in the district’s budget. There are a couple of things worth noting here. Duval’s superintendent, Nikolai Vitti, is not known for being… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Testing, charter schools, budgets and more
Testing. Testing resumes without further technological failures. Gradebook. Lawmakers are incensed over Monday’s problems, and aim their anger at the state’s testing vendor. Times/Herald. Tampa Tribune. Seminole schools want to opt out of state assessments and use national exams. Orlando Sentinel. Budgets. The growth of charter schools could put a fiscal strain on Duval schools’ budget. Florida… Read more »
Florida roundup: PLSAs, private schools, testing and more
Testing. State testing is halted amid computer problems. Associated Press. Tampa Bay Times. Miami Herald. Tampa Tribune. Orlando Sentinel. Florida Times-Union. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Naples Daily News. Fort Myers News-Press. Ocala Star-Banner. Indian River Press-Journal. Tallahassee Democrat. Northwest Florida Daily News. It works for some districts after delays. Pensacola News-Journal. Bradenton Herald. It’s set to resume today. Sun-Sentinel. Anti-testing groups crank up… Read more »
Florida roundup: Private schools, charter schools, superintendents and more
Charter schools. The Tampa Tribune looks at a proposal to give charter schools a guaranteed source of facilities funding. A proposed charter school would be located on what is now farmland. Sun-Sentinel. An Alachua County charter school tries to address its financial problems. Gainesville Sun. Private schools. A growing proportion of private school students rely on… Read more »
Florida roundup: Testing, charter schools, school boards and more
Testing, Gov Rick Scott signs a bill limiting the number of standardized tests and revamping the state accountability system. Times/Herald. Orlando Sentinel. Reuters. Associated Press. Palm Beach Post. School boards. The Volusia County School Board debates withdrawing from the state school boards association. Daytona Beach News-Journal. Miami-Dade teachers say they’re discouraged from complaining before the school… Read more »
Two rejected charter schools take their cases to Florida Board of Education
The Florida Board of Education on Wednesday is set to hear appeals on two charter school applications — including one rejected by the Palm Beach County School Board for not being sufficiently “innovative.” A school board member told the Sun-Sentinel the December rejection of the Florida Charter Educational Foundation’s proposal was an act of “civil disobedience.” The non-profit board is… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Charter schools, employee conduct, busing and more
Charter schools. The Tampa Bay Times spends time with Hillsborough’s charter school gatekeepers. Charter schools with good results should be allowed to share in local property taxes collected for school construction, a municipal charter leader writes in the Fort Myers News-Press. The News-Press disagrees in an editorial. A Pensacola charter school under scrutiny has a history of… Read more »
Mr. Gibbons’ Report Card: Charters, charters, charters
Richard Kahlenberg and Halley Potter Valerie Strauss recently interviewed Richard Kahlenberg and Halley Potter about their book, “A Smarter Charter.” Kahlenberg and Potter use the model of charter schools envisioned by former teachers union leader Albert Shanker as a foil for the current charter movement. They argue that since 1988, the charter concept has been “hijacked by conservatives” who… Read more »
Florida roundup: Charter schools, standards, digital learning and more
Charter schools. Districts prepare a full-court press on charter school capital funding. Gradebook. Two struggling South Florida charter schools say they plan to shut down, and convert to private schools in the fall. Sun-Sentinel. Standards. Pasco schools have work to do to meet the state’s new standards, a district-commissioned report finds. Tampa Bay Times. Testing…. Read more »
