Florida roundup: Digital learning, PLSAs, virtual school and more

florida-roundup-logoDigital learning. Policymakers, educators and business people talk tech in Tampa. StateImpact. Gradebook. redefinED. A philanthropist distributes laptops at a Central Florida school. Orlando Sentinel.

PLSAs. A parent describes how Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts provide help for her child with Down Syndrome an a Lakeland Ledger guest column.

Virtual school. Florida Virtual School’s interim president will likely be sticking around for a while. Gradebook.

Turnarounds. A science lesson, moved up in the schedule due to a school turnaround effort, winds up saving a student’s life. Tampa Bay Times.

Common Core. Orange County schools will hold a workshop on the standards, complete with 3-d glasses. Orlando Sentinel.

Holidays. Districts are divided over whether to hold classes on Veterans Day. Tampa Bay Times.

Extracurricular activities. Other school clubs subsidize sports at a South Florida high school. Sun-Sentinel.

Free speech. Orange County schools look to change policies to keep out a Satanist coloring book. Orlando Sentinel.

STEM. Manatee students travel to Abu Dhabi for an engineering competition. Bradenton Herald.

Administration. A former Hernando administrator fueds with the superintendent. Tampa Bay Times. The Volusia school board says it’s  fine with its superintedent’s retirement plans.  Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Nutrition. Some Hernando schools begin serving supper. Tampa Bay Times.

4-h. Manatee students learn about farming. Bradenton Herald.


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BY Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is senior director of thought leadership and growth at Step Up For Students. He lives in Sanford, Florida, with his wife and two children. A former Tallahassee statehouse reporter, he most recently worked at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization at Arizona State University, where he studied community-led learning innovation and school systems' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. He can be reached at tpillow (at) sufs.org.

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