Florida education news: Teacher background checks, student diversity, school taxes and more

By at 14 March, 2010, 7:21 am

READ THE RESUME: Former Springstead High basketball coach Stephen Ray Thompson has a resume filled with discrepancies , raising questions about just how much school districts do to check applicants' backgrounds. (Times photo, Will Vragovic) MINI UN: Students at Pasco's Gulf High School speak 30 languages , a diversity that school leaders try to incorporate into daily life. DROP IT: Most of the arrests at John Hopkins Middle School in Pinellas are dropped before they make their way through the system. CLASS SIZE DISPUTE: Teachers love Florida's class-size amendment, but administrators don't, and  Fort Myers News-Press columnist Sam Cook writes that both have a point . @#$%! THE TEST:

A Panama City middle schooler pulls a fire alarm to avoid taking the FCAT , the Panama City News Herald reports. HANDLE WITH CARE: Florida needs to be creative, but not inflexible , when it comes to improving public education, the Tallahassee Democrat editorializes. FINAL PUSH: Supporters and opponents of Sarasota's local-option schools tax look for ways to get voters to the polls , the Herald-Tribune reports. FIXING NCLB: President Obama says he wants to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act , the LA Times reports. See the administration's plan for yourself.

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