schools of hope

Board members agreed they didn't have enough time to go through the proposal to have Success Academy operate out of five existing high schools — saying they received it just the day before. "We're required to make a vote with a gun to our head," said board member Danny Espino. "I don't think that it's lost on us that we are negotiating from a weakened position."

The data that can be shared with publicly-funded, privately-run charter schools can include academic histories, disability status and disciplinary records. Beyond the charter operator, the information may also land in the hands of third-party vendors, according to speakers at a recent virtual conference.

The groups — including the United Teachers of Dade, NAACP Miami-Dade Branch, the Miami-Dade County Council of PTA/PTSA, and others — oppose the "co-location" efforts, which they argue threaten the financial stability and local control of the public education system.

Jefferson County isn’t just Florida’s first all-charter school district. It’s also home to the original “schools of hope.”State lawmakers created the…

Rejecting arguments of numerous school boards across the state, an appeals court Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a controversial 2017 law that…