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Florida schools roundup: School choice, virtual schools, charters & more
School choice: Expect debates on vouchers, school grades and charter schools this year as legislators set priorities for the upcoming session. The Buzz. Lawmakers propose legislation affecting public...
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Florida schools roundup: Vouchers, charters, digital ed & more
School vouchers: House Speaker Will Weatherford is among Republicans looking to expand school choice efforts this year, including beefing up the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program. Palm Beach Post....
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Florida schools roundup: Religious schools, digital ed, evolution & more
Private schools: Students half a world away are exchanging their food, music and ideas with the Canterbury School in Lee County thanks to the Cultural Bridges Science and Social Science program. Fort...
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Florida schools roundup: Charters, religious schools, career ed & more
Charter schools: The Pasco County School Board approves a 15-year contract for Pepin Academies, which caters to students with learning disabilities. Tampa Bay Times. Dayspring Academy, Pasco County’s...
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Florida schools roundup: Vouchers, private schools, choice & more
Florida Virtual School. Longtime leader Julie Young is retiring. redefinED, Orlando Business Journal. Jeb Bush says she has “earned the rare title of visionary.” Foundation for Excellence in Education....
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Florida schools roundup: Charters, gender-specific, Charlie Crist & more
Charter schools: The Franklin Academy charter school is opening a second campus next fall in Palm Beach Gardens. Palm Beach Post. The Leon County School district could soon be running a charter school...
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Florida schools roundup: Charters, private schools, state testing & more
Charter schools: At Oasis High School, one of Cape Coral’s city-run charters, students from the Model United Nations team are heading to MIT for their next conference. Fort Myers News-Press. Tampa...
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FL schools roundup: Charters, private schools, Florida Virtual & more
Charter schools: Three years and a court battle later, Odyssey Space Coast Charter Academy wins approval to open another popular “green-school” in Brevard County. Florida Today. The Lee County School...
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Florida schools roundup: Career tech, STEM ed, Eric Cantor & more
School choice: Florida’s changing educational landscape requires policymakers to strike a balance when it comes to school choice offerings, writes Duval County School Board member Jason Fischer for...
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Florida schools roundup: Charters, Common Core, school grades & more
Charter schools: With little discussion, the Pasco County School Board finishes its long-term contract with Pepin Academies, allowing the charter school to move ahead with a fall opening. Tampa Bay...
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Florida schools roundup: Charters, religious schools, Common Core & more
Charter schools: Three Broward County charter schools could owe the state as much as $1.5 million for failing to provide sufficient instructional hours and receiving funds for ineligible students, and...
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Florida schools roundup: Vouchers, charter schools, tech ed & more
Vouchers: Three weeks after Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford promised a “massive increase” in school choice scholarships for underprivileged schoolchildren, his chamber releases a 40-page bill....
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Florida schools roundup: Vouchers, fundamental schools, testing & more
Vouchers: Standardized testing would threaten private-school appeal, writes the Orlando Sentinel. The president of the League of Women Voters of Florida says expanding private scholarships is a...
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Florida schools roundup: Vouchers, Common Core, teacher evals & more
Vouchers: Jewish leaders speak in support of school choice and the expansion of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship. Jewish Journal. Senate President Don Gaetz’s call for more accountability through...
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Florida schools roundup: State tests, Common Core, teacher evals & more
State tests: The end of the much-maligned FCAT is no cause for celebration by critics, writes the Palm Beach Post. Sen. John Legg correctly recognizes there are too many standardized tests in Florida’s...
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Florida roundup: VAM, tax credit scholarships, charter schools & more
Tax credit scholarships. The Orlando Sentinel editorializes against the proposed expansion, largely using the editorial written by its sister paper, the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Tampa Bay Times...
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Campbell Brown: It’s amazing school choice is somehow controversial
Editor’s note: Former CNN host turned ed reform advocate Campbell Brown gave a speech Tuesday night at the American Federation for Children summit in Florida. Here are her remarks as delivered:...
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Florida roundup: Scholarship accounts, school choice, Common Core and more
Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts. Florida’s newest school choice program officially opened Friday. WCJB. Sentinel School Zone. redefinED. State Sen. Andy Gardiner explains the program on the...
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Florida schools roundup: Testing, teacher conduct, campus crime & more
Testing. StateImpact Florida answers questions about the Florida Standards Assessment, the test that will replace the FCAT. Teacher conduct. A jury decides a fired Palm Beach County teacher should get...
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Florida schools roundup: School choice politics, magnet schools, testing & more
Tax credit scholarships. The Florida teachers union may have cost Democrat Charlie Crist the governor’s race by filing suit against the tax credit scholarship program and alienating black voters,...
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