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July 5, 2012

Lawsuit Says Palm Beach County Bus Driver Didn’t Stop Bullying

A student who tried to stop a classmate from being bullied and was then attacked himself is suing Palm Beach County schools because a bus driver did not follow the county’s anti-bullying policy, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Palm Beach County schools have one of the state’s highest rates of bullying, according to state […]

July 2, 2012

Florida Reading Programs Fight “The Summer Slide”

Florida students can exercise their reading skills over the summer through a free program at their public library. The goal is to mitigate the summer reading loss that leaves some students two years below grade level by the time they reach middle school. The program is helped by a collaborative effort among states to make […]

June 27, 2012

How the Summer Months Can Give Low-Income Students An Edge

It’s been over a year since public schools in the Jacksonville area received a grant to boost summer learning programs. Duval County was one of six districts around the country that caught the eye of the Wallace Foundation because of its already innovative forms of summer schooling – like the Superintendent’s Summer Academies. The Wallace Foundation […]

Are There More Bullies in Palm Beach County Schools — Or Just More Honesty?

Three of every ten bullying incidents reported in Florida last year happened in Palm Beach County schools, according to state data. That’s been the case since Florida approved a law in 2008 requiring school districts to report bullying and follow-up with parents — or face penalties. Palm Beach County schools reported one incident of bullying […]

June 26, 2012

How Bullying (Temporarily) Disappeared From Alachua County Schools

In 2009 Alachua County schools reported 182 cases of bullying. In 2008 the number was 101. But bullying disappeared from Alachua County schools in 2010-2011, according to state data. Except that it didn’t. Instead, 143 bullying incidents were not reported to the state because of a glitch with the school district’s new computer system, said […]

June 25, 2012

More Minority Students Get Associate’s Degrees in Florida

Sixteen Florida colleges are among the top 100 producers of associate degrees in the country, according to a Community College Week report. University of Phoenix Online Campus was the top producer with 33,449 associates degrees awarded last school year. The online campus also came in first for graduating minority students. Online school aside, Miami-Dade College in Florida […]

Schools Calendar: Common Core Training; USF Trustees; Charter School Appeals

Florida continues its summer training to prepare teachers and administrators for Common Core, the next generation of curriculum standards and testing. Here’s what else is happening in Florida education this week: Monday: The University of South Florida Board of Trustees has called an emergency conference call at 3:30. Last week the Florida Board of Governors […]

June 24, 2012

FCAT Grows Up…Or Out of Control?

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test is all grown up. But has it grown into a monster? That’s the question raised by a Tampa Bay Times article recounting the birth and adolescence of the FCAT: Florida has tested students for decades, but since its inception 14 years ago the FCAT has evolved from a simple measure […]

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