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September 16, 2011

Pasco Considers Four-Day School Week

Pasco County is considering a four-day school week next year to save about $3.5 million, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Bus drivers and cafeteria workers would lose one day of work a week. Teachers would no longer be paid for five lunch breaks each week. A 33-member task force will decide whether to recommend shortening […]

September 15, 2011

Buying Supplies Equals Better Grades At Cash-Strapped Florida School

With budgets for classroom supplies shrinking, some teachers in a South Florida school are promising students an irresistible incentive if they help stock the classroom: better grades. “The teacher was like, ‘Okay, I’m running out of paper towels and I don’t know how you’re going to dry your hands after you clean them,” said South […]

September 12, 2011

Obama Jobs Plan Includes $3 Billion for Florida Teachers, Schools

President Barack Obama’s jobs bill would pump $1.7 billion dollars into Florida to preserve teacher and first responder jobs, according to details released this week. Florida would also receive $1.3 billion to modernize and upgrade school facilities. The White House estimates the projects would support 16,600 jobs. Obama held a Rose Garden press conference to […]

September 9, 2011

Broward Schools Face Largest Budget Deficit in State; Effect on Other Districts Unclear

Every school district in Florida is dealing with layoffs and budget cuts. But Broward County in South Florida is facing the largest budget deficit in the state—more than $140 million. And its forced teachers and students in the nation’s 6th largest school district to get creative about spending money. Students at South Broward High in […]

September 7, 2011

Inside the School Testing “Business-Education Complex”

The Texas Observer‘s Abby Rapoport takes a look at publishing giant Pearson and the school testing business. Pearson designs and administers Florida’s Comprehensive Assessment Test as well as Texas’ standardized equivalent. Pearson drew criticism last year when the company missed its deadline for FCAT results despite a $254 million contract. The Texas Observer story also […]

September 6, 2011

How Florida Schools Are Coping With Budget Cuts

Seminole County could turn classroom thermostats all the way up and athletes may have to pay to wear their school’s uniform. The wife of a Polk County Tea Party congressman led a failed effort to raise money for college counselors whose positions were eliminated. Many students can no longer walk to catch the bus after […]

August 25, 2011

Education’s Florida Budget Competition

Education or health care? That’s a choice Florida budget writers face, according to state Rep. Jeff Brandes, a Pinellas County Republican. Brandes told WUSF’s Florida Matters that growth in Medicaid, the state-run health care program for the poor and disabled, was limiting the state’s ability to spend more on education. Medicaid has grown to 30.7 […]

August 16, 2011

Florida Residents Pay Out-Of-State Tuition

College tuition in Florida is already among the least expensive in the country. And it’s lowest for Florida residents who attend state colleges. But some residents are being charged the out-of-state rate. Florida is the only state known as a “receiver state” for immigrant families that does not offer in-state tuition to U.S.-born students with […]

August 9, 2011

Florida Stocked With College Values

Seven Florida colleges placed in the top 100 “Best Buys,” according to a Forbes list released this week, led by the University of Florida at 11, Florida State University at 13, New College of Florida at 16 and the University of North Florida at 19. Those rankings could change, as the South Florida Sun-Sentinel notes, […]

August 8, 2011

Audio: Bright Futures Scholarship Out of Reach for Undocumented

A new law designed to collect more information on college students is having an unintended effect – it could prevent some undocumented students from receiving the state’s Bright Futures scholarship. And as Sarah Gonzalez of StateImpact Florida discovered, the new policy could also discourage U.S. citizens from applying for the merit-based scholarship. Read the full […]

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