Editor’s note: This is the first post in our series on the Democratic Party’s growing divide over ed reform and ed choice. Public education has always existed at the crowded intersection of race, class, money and power. While both political parties have had to navigate the confluence of these cross currents, over the last 50… Read more »
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Florida roundup: Charter schools, private schools, budgets and more
Charter schools. City officials in West Palm Beach are looking for an operator to run a planned municipal charter. Palm Beach Post. Private schools. The superintendent of Warner Christian Academy responds to recent coverage in the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Budgets. Property tax rates are expected to fall in Duval County, though total tax collections are… Read more »
Florida roundup: Charter schools, testing, campaigns and more
Charter schools. Two Collier County School Board candidates have ties to a local charter school. Naples Daily News. Testing. A Pinellas magnet school faces an FCAT cheating investigation. Tampa Bay Times. Open enrollment. The Ocala Star-Banner criticizes the Marion County district’s plan in an editorial. Reading. Pasco schools attempt to add a state-mandated extra hour… Read more »
Sal Khan: Imagine if we built homes the way we teach students
The idea of competency-based instruction is not new. Florida educators were using technology to tailor student learning two decades ago, and it can trace its origin back more than a century. But more recent advances in technology have allowed educators to begin upending the traditional “seat-time” model, in which students advance based on what they… Read more »
Mr. Gibbons’ Report Card: MO vouchers needed, comic strips and charter schools and how not to do diversity
Des Moines Independent Community School District School districts aren’t allowed to base enrollment policies on race anymore. So, to achieve “racial balance,” the Des Moines Independent Community School District’s diversity plan allows it to base admissions and enrollment decisions on socioeconomic status. The district looks at whether students are eligible for the free and reduced… Read more »
Florida roundup: Charter schools, school grades, top teachers and more
Charter schools. A veteran Pasco County teacher prepares to open a charter school to realize her vision for what education should look like. Tampa Bay Times. A South Florida city commission considers zoning changes after rejecting a charter school application. Tamarac Talk. School grades. They’re coming out today for middle and elementary schools. The Times… Read more »
Florida roundup: Campaigns, growth, class size and more
Campaigns. Democrats attack Gov. Rick Scott on education funding. PolitiFact rates them half true. Pinellas school board candidates talk charter schools, Common Core and other hot topics. Gradebook. Transformation. The information revolution that’s playing out in other industries will bring dramatic changes to education in the coming years, former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings writes in… Read more »
Will FL charter school ruling deter wayward school districts?
If Florida public school administrators decide to convert their school to a charter school, they have the law on their side. An administrative law judge’s ruling against the Miami-Dade school district last week was the first-ever ruling under Florida statutes that bar school districts from taking “unlawful reprisals” against employees who support charter conversions. But the question… Read more »
Florida roundup: Technology, growth, testing and more
Technology. StateImpact delves into E-rate, the obscure funding source helping schools go wireless. Hillsborough officials say they’ve worked most of the kinks out of their online gradebook software. Tampa Tribune. Manatee schools upgrade their Microsoft suite. Bradenton Herald. Growth. Escambia officials are pushing a local school tax as a way to fund new buildings needed… Read more »
K12 Inc. anxiously awaits FL grade
Florida’s public school accountability system could be on the verge of snaring one of the nation’s largest online education providers. K12 Inc. is expected to get an initial “incomplete” when letter grades for Florida public school are released this month. But it’s still possible the final grade, whenever it is released, could be unflattering –… Read more »
