Step Up For Students

2 weeks ago | nextstepsblog.org | Camille Knox

Around the state: Students at private colleges could lose state tuition help, changes are proposed to the special education program in Osceola, some colleges are looking to enroll Hispanic students, early kindergarten registration comes with a big reward in Leon, nationwide graduate school rankings were released and discussion continues about how to classify charter schools.

2 weeks ago | nextstepsblog.org | Matthew Ladner

If you look at enrollment trends in the Arizona districts with the largest total enrollment losses, look at the Arizona Open Enrollment report and the Quarterly ESA report, you get Figure 1. In Figure 1, both the gains from open enrollment (blue columns) and the losses to other districts and to charter schools (red columns) are presented. The purple columns represent the ESA enrollment of students who live in each of these districts.

2 weeks ago | nextstepsblog.org | Camille Knox

Around the state:  Lawmakers are pursuing legislation that some say could boost book removals in Florida again, Black history was taught under a tree at Florida International University, population growth in St. John’s county has officials discussing how to handle an increase of students in classrooms and a school in Brevard may be consolidated.

2 weeks ago | nextstepsblog.org | Camille Knox

Around the state:  A wide-ranging education bill was passed recently regarding high school diploma requirements, lawmakers are working on bills to make it easier to establish charter schools in Florida, a contract that aided the mental health of students is coming to an end in Sarasota and funding cuts loom in districts.

3 weeks ago | nextstepsblog.org | Matthew Ladner

In examining the 2024 NAEP results for Arizona, a rather stark picture emerged  that Arizona charter and Arizona districts had strongly diverged– Arizona charter schools show academic recovery, whereas Arizona district scores sank, in some cases, to all time lows. This came despite district spending standing not only higher than charters on a per pupil basis and standing at or near record high levels.