News Briefs
Following months of upheaval in the district, the Miami-Dade County, Fla., school board has approved the contract of its new superintendent amid controversy over a racy batch of e-mails allegedly exchanged with a newspaper reporter who covered the district.
October 22, 2008
The Miami-Dade County, Fla. school board has delayed a vote to approve the contract of its newly chosen superintendent, as questions swirled about the process used to select him and about the nature of his relationship with a reporter who covered the schools.
September 22, 2008
A new law in Florida is intended to reveal any criminal skeletons in the closets of the state’s teachers—but big questions remain about how the Ethics in Education Act will be implemented.
July 15, 2008
So-called “high stakes” testing policies in reading and mathematics have had a positive effect on the science performance of students in struggling Florida schools, a study concludes.
July 15, 2008
Public school students made greater academic improvements as their school choices increased under Florida’s tuition voucher program, a study says.
May 6, 2008
Critics of evolution’s now officially enshrined place in Florida science classes are regrouping with a new line of argument.
March 25, 2008
The bill would cut to 60 the number of in-service hours in teaching English as a second language required of reading teachers who work with ELLs, down from the current requirement of 300.
April 4, 2008
The ACLU has filed a class action against the Palm Beach County, Fla., school district, claiming its low graduation rate is a violation of the Florida Constitution.
March 21, 2008
The Duval County, Fla., district sees the courses as part of a shift to teaching more students college-level skills.
March 10, 2008
Few observers regard the compromise as signaling an end to nationwide discord over the issue.
Updated: March 6, 2008
Starting with the 2008-09 school year, individual districts must meet new size caps in each classroom.
February 19, 2008
An audit of professional-development literacy programs in a Florida district has found that students of teachers trained in those programs showed significant gains in reading-test scores.
February 11, 2008
While lower tax bills may make homeowners happy, they threaten a precious and typically stable source of revenue for school districts.
February 4, 2008
Problems in the Sunshine State are likely to prompt renewed scrutiny of state-run investment funds elsewhere.
December 10, 2007
