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Governor:Rick Scott
Commissioner of Education:Gerard Robinson
Quality Counts state grade:C+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:2,643,347
Number of school districts:73
Number of public schools:4,131
Number of public school teachers:175,609
Unadjusted education spending per student:$8,863
Percent minority students:57.0%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:56.0%
Percent of students with disabilities:13.9%
Percent of English-language learners:8.7%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:37.3%
8th grade math:27.7%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:35.2%
8th grade reading:29.8%

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The state-sponsored school walks a delicate line between maintaining academic standards and ensuring it has adequate funding.
January 7, 2011 - Education Week
Policymakers in a number of states take a page from the former two-term Florida governor's aggressive, sometimes divisive playbook.
December 29, 2010 - Education Week
New GOP governors and state school chiefs will be poised to wield fresh influence on education policy.
November 3, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
A bid to loosen Florida’s class-size limits headed toward defeat, as did dueling measures in Oklahoma that centered on school funding.
November 3, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Two teachers talk about what they learned in a program that pairs the University of Central Florida with the Florida Virtual School.
September 20, 2010 - Education Week
The new Digital Learning Council, spearheaded by former Governors Jeb Bush and Bob Wise, hopes to move digital education beyond a "niche role."
August 18, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Schoolchildren and educators are organizing to respond to victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated much of Haiti's capital city.
January 14, 2010 - Education Week
Teachers’ groups in Minnesota and Florida argue that state officials are taking a ‘top down’ approach in their applications for federal stimulus money.
December 30, 2009 - Education Week

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