Security in schools: The Polk County School District and Sheriff Grady Judd are working on a plan to have an armed “safety specialist” in all county elementary schools this fall. The district is finalizing a job description, but the specialists will fall between a sworn school resource officer and an armed school employee. As many… Read more »
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Florida schools roundup: Board wants to arm school staff, forgotten gun and more
School security: While the Brevard County school superintendent and sheriff now agree that the school district should reject the state’s guardian program, a majority of school board members say they want to move forward with the program to arm select employees. The district needs $5 million it doesn’t have to put a resource officer in every… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Security measures, nation’s report card and more
School security: The Broward County School Board accepts Superintendent Robert Runcie’s recommendation and votes unanimously against participating in the state’s guardian program to arm specified school employees. The district will ask the state if it can redirect money from the guardian program to hire resource officers. Sun-Sentinel. Miami Herald. The state will send Duval County… Read more »
National assessment results bring good news for Florida
The latest nationwide assessment of reading and math outcomes brings good news for Florida. National education results have slipped or stagnated on the two most recent Nation’s Report Cards. In the 2017 results, released this morning, the Sunshine State stood out as an exception. It was the only state to improve significantly in multiple categories…. Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Florida aces nation’s report card, security and more
Nation’s report card: Florida is the only state that improved in the National Assessment of Educational Progress math exam, according the annual report from the National Center for Education Statistics. Florida is also just one of nine states showing improvement in the reading exam. Among the nation’s larger districts, Hillsborough County was first in 4th-grade reading and… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: State wins H.B. 7069 suit, teacher v. officer pay and more
H.B. 7069 suit tossed: A Leon County circuit judge throws out a lawsuit by 14 Florida school districts challenging the constitutionality of the Legislature’s 2017 education bill, H.B. 7069. The districts argued that the bill is unconstitutional because it takes powers away from local schools boards and forces districts to share local property taxes with… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Amendments, H.B. 7069, educator bonuses and more
12 amendments proposed: The Style and Drafting Committee of the Constitution Revision Commission has consolidated 24 proposals into 12 amendments that it is recommending for the November ballot. Three education-related ideas — school board term limits, requiring a civics course for graduation and allowing the state to create a new entity to authorize charter schools… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Anti-charter fight, graduation rates, security and more
Fighting against charters: Leon County School Superintendent Rocky Hanna is ignoring the recommendation of a review committee and is asking his school board to reject the applications of two companies that want to build charter schools. Hanna says the schools aren’t needed, and that he doesn’t like that charters don’t have the same regulations as… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Backpacks, cell phones, podcast teacher and more
School security: Clear backpacks were in use Monday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and the verdict is in: the students don’t like them. Some say they aren’t effective and convey a false sense of security, and others say it’s an invasion of privacy. Many personalized the backpacks with protest messages. Sun-Sentinel. WPLG. School leaders in… Read more »
Once bored, now soaring, thanks to all-boys charter school
Florida charter schools are serving 177,000 students who are black or Hispanic. The parents of Frankie and Allen Clark enrolled them in Visible Men Academy charter school because they did not believe the district school shared their expectations for their sons.
