Third Way promises fresh thinking, but that’s what seems to be missing in the centrist think tank’s recent rehash of familar talking points against school vouchers. Authors Tamara Hiler and Lanea Erikson Hatalsky argue against a federal policy supporting “taxpayer-funded scholarships that can be used by parents to send their children to private or religious schools,”… Read more »
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Open enrollment, schools of choice and schools of right
Across Florida, school districts have created open enrollment policies that allow students to attend traditional public schools outside their neighborhood zones. Under bills moving through both chambers of the state Legislature, they could soon become ubiquitous. The legislation (SB 1552/HB 1145) would require all districts to create policies allowing students to move to any public school… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Charter schools, special needs, guns and more
School choice. Lawmakers say they plan to resolve some concerns adults have raised with a public school choice proposal. Gradebook. More from the Orlando Sentinel. Rep. Manny Diaz talks school choice, accountability and lawsuits with the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Charter schools. KIPP Jacksonville celebrates a 5-year milestone. Florida Times-Union. Pasco’s superintendent writes his local lawmakers,… Read more »
Paying more attention to charter school boards
The increased scrutiny over shuttered charter schools have state lawmakers looking for ways to ensure that the people who apply to open and run new schools are up to the task. Charter school closures aren’t always bad things, but a recent investigation by the Naples Daily News found dozens of charters have closed “amid poor financial management,… Read more »
Florida roundup: Charter schools, STEM, private schools and more
Charter schools. A new charter, the second in Clay County, breaks ground. Clay Today. Achievement gaps. Students in Duval’s lowest performing schools are making gains, but not enough to close the gap with their higher-scoring peers. Florida Times-Union. Testing. There are issues, sure, but it’s not as bad as some opponents are making it out to… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Testing, lawsuits, poverty and more
Testing. A testing compromise may suspend the using of testing for third grade retention. Associated Press. Miami Herald. A Pasco parent is part of a new state advisory panel on standards and testing. Tampa Bay Times. Lawsuits. NBC Miami looks at the lawsuit challenging Florida’s tax credit scholarship program, and the teachers union argues the program… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: School choice, Jeb Bush, testing and more
School choice. A Florida House panel approves a bill expanding public school choices. News Service of Florida. Gradebook. Charter schools. The Polk County School Board plans to take a proposed charter school to court after the state Board of Education approved its appeal. Lakeland Ledger. Testing. Education organizations continue to raise testing issues in the… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Budgets, testing, school boards and more
Budgets. Health care issues cloud the rest of the state budget, potentially affecting education funding. Scripps/Tribune. Tampa Bay Times. Charter schools. The Lakeland Ledger calls for funding equity in an editorial. The Naples Daily News and the Palm Beach Post look at the results of a CREDO study on urban charter school performance. School boards. Bid tampering allegations will… Read more »
Mr. Gibbons’ Report Card: ‘We didn’t have no choice’
Thelma Harper Sen. Thelma Harper (D-Nashville) argued against the proposed Opportunity Scholarship program this week in the Senate Ways and Finance committee. Her testimony included this gem (at about the 1:01:05 mark): “Hell, you didn’t have no choice when I came along. You went to public schools and you just went to public schools and that’s what we… Read more »
Florida roundup: School choice, testing, investigations and more
School choice. A big-ticket school choice bill advances in the state Senate. News Service of Florida. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Pinellas schools still have space in some of their school choice programs. Tampa Bay Times. Testing. The Florida House approves its testing overhaul unanimously. News Service of Florida. Tampa Bay Times. Scripps/Tribune. Palm Beach Post. Lake County schools get into… Read more »
