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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing $1 billion in increased teacher pay as part of a $91.4 billion state budget he put forward on Monday. CHRIS URSO | Times
DeSantis’ budget: $1 billion on teacher pay, millions for elections security
The Florida governor also wants to hire hundreds of new corrections officers and spend $1.4 billion on hurricane recovery.
Yesterday• The Buzz
A Penn State chancellor is the new president of Eckerd College: ‘I have big shoes to fill’
Damian J. Fernandez, center, is introduced Monday as the new president of Eckerd College. He will succeed longtime president Donald R. Eastman III on July 1. SCOTT KEELER | Tampa Bay Times
Damian Fernandez, 62, will succeed president Donald R. Eastman III, who steps down June 30 after leading the school for 19 years.
Yesterday• Education
Gradebook podcast: Why is UF’s student government president facing impeachment?
Trump supporters yell and show the middle finger at hecklers during Kimberly Guilfoyle's speech in the University Auditorium at the University of Florida on October 10, 2019. Guilfoyle spoke about her childhood as a first-generation American, her experiences as a lawyer and her support for the Trump family. CHRIS DAY | Chris Day
Student senator Ben Lima explains why he’s pursuing the charges against Michael Murphy.
Yesterday• Gradebook
Hillsborough schools are phasing in a new sex ed curriculum
Discussing sex education on Nov. 15 in Tampa are Christian conservative Terry Kemple, university health services coordinator Linsey Grove, Planned Parenthood outreach educator Paola Ferst and Hillsborough schools physical education and health supervisor Ashlee Cappucci. Not shown: County PTA Council President Damaris Allen. MARLENE SOKOL
Lessons seek to strengthen students’ communication skills so they can make informed decisions.
Nov. 15• Education

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  1. Beaudoin selected as new Pasco School Board chair
    5 hours ago• Gradebook
    Colleen Beaudoin is selected Pasco County School Board chairwoman for 2020, and Allen Altman is named vice chairman. JEFFREY SOLOCHEK | Times Staff
    Altman chosen as vice chairman.
  2. Gov. DeSantis fleshes out teacher pay, bonus proposals in draft bills
    Yesterday• Gradebook
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at pre-legislative news conference on Tuesday Oct. 29, 2019, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon) STEVE CANNON | AP
    He’s got a new voucher proposal, as well.
  3. Pasco school-related workers would get 3.25 percent raises in contract deal
    Yesterday• Gradebook
    Pasco school bus drivers are among those school-related employees who would get a 3.25 percent raise under a tentative contract agreement for 2019-20.
    District, union attention now turns to teacher contracts.
  4. Florida education news: DeSantis’ budget, alternative classrooms and betting for education
    Yesterday• Gradebook
    Teacher Kate Newell watches seventh graders Aaron Roxberry and Jacob Iovino practice the slope-intercept formula in one of her weekly visits to their Bayonet Point Middle algebra class, which Newell usually teaches remotely. JEFFREY SOLOCHEK | Times Staff
    A roundup of stories from around the state.
  5. No sub available? Pasco schools turn to ‘Classrooms on Demand’
    Yesterday• Pasco
    eSchool teacher Kate Newell holds a discussion-based assessment with eighth-grader Ariana Toro during a recent visit to Bayonet Point Middle School. Newell leads the math course remotely most days, but comes to campus at least once weekly to give her students some extra attention. JEFFREY SOLOCHEK | Times Staff
    Principals increasingly turn to virtual instruction to fill their vacancies.
  6. A Penn State chancellor is the new president of Eckerd College: ‘I have big shoes to fill’
    Yesterday• Education
    Damian J. Fernandez, center, is introduced Monday as the new president of Eckerd College. He will succeed longtime president Donald R. Eastman III on July 1. SCOTT KEELER | Tampa Bay Times
    Damian Fernandez, 62, will succeed president Donald R. Eastman III, who steps down June 30 after leading the school for 19 years.
  7. Florida third graders get another option to show they can read
    Yesterday• Gradebook
    The Florida Department of Education has approved another alternate assessment for third graders to demonstrate they read at or above grade level.
    The state also reminds schools to let those who struggle that scholarships for help are available.
  8. Gradebook podcast: Why is UF’s student government president facing impeachment?
    Yesterday• Gradebook
    Trump supporters yell and show the middle finger at hecklers during Kimberly Guilfoyle's speech in the University Auditorium at the University of Florida on October 10, 2019. Guilfoyle spoke about her childhood as a first-generation American, her experiences as a lawyer and her support for the Trump family. CHRIS DAY | Chris Day
    Student senator Ben Lima explains why he’s pursuing the charges against Michael Murphy.
  9. Florida education news: Sex education, school prayer and a judge’s unpopular decision
    Yesterday• Gradebook
    A fledgling movement of parents and community members in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties are speaking out about sex education in public schools. They say the curriculums are not explicit enough. And they worry that kids don’t have enough information — or that they get it too late — to protect themselves against the risks of sexual intimacy. [Shutterstock] SHUTTERSTOCK
    A roundup of stories from around the state.
  10. Threat to impeach UF student body president is ‘completely outrageous,’ Florida Republicans say
    Nov. 17• Florida Politics
    FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2019, file photo, Donald Trump Jr. speaks before the arrival of President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) JOHN MINCHILLO | AP
    University of Florida student body president Michael Murphy received a resolution for his impeachment Tuesday. Then the state’s Republican Party started an online petition and fundraiser.
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