Florida education news: International Baccalaureate, Response to Intervention, school segregation and more

WHERE'S THE CEMETERY? A local Pasco historian fights the school district over a new school site in Hudson, contending there's a historic cemetery somewhere under there. The school is slated to open in August. (Times photo, Brendan Fitterer) HARD WORK: Springstead High in Hernando debuts its new International Baccalaureate program to a group of ambitious, smart teens. ROBOT CAGE MATCH: Tampa area teens face off in a robotics contest at USF. SOLVING PROBLEMS: Teachers at San Antonio Elementary in Pasco use lots of data and planning time to their advantage to identify academic problems in their classrooms and fix them . It's called Response to Intervention. ILLOGICAL: The Hernando School Board is approaching construction questions with the wrong set of priorities and no clear leadership, the Times editorializes. THEY ARE THE FUTURE: Three Miami

organizations push for greater investment in early education programs as a way to pump the economy, the Miami Herald reports. CLOSE IT DOWN? St. Lucie officials recommend shutting a charter school that has struggled academically, the Port St. Lucie Tribune reports. HANDS OFF: Sex ed in Collier doesn't teach that sex with anyone under 16 is a crime in Florida, something many teens don't know, the Naples Daily News reports. HOW IMPORTANT IS DIVERSITY? Plans to rezone thousands of Brevard schools could resegregate the schools , Florida Today reports. HUMBUG: The Marion School Board cancels its Christmas parade float for fear of appearing frivolous with tax money in the down economy, the Ocala Star-Banner reports.

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