Florida education news: Magnet schools, homelessness, teacher evaluations and more
REOPENING: Plans to reopen two shuttered Pinellas elementary schools as magnet academies gain support.
A WAY OUT: Homeless Broward students focus on education as a path to a better future, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
STRESSED: Brevard teachers remain dissatisfied with the state's new teacher evaluation method, Florida Today columnist Terri Friedlander writes.
SURVEY SAYS: A sample of Duval residents shows wide support for a local sales tax in support of education, the Florida Times-Union reports.
LONG RUN: A Polk teacher will run 50 miles to raise money for iPads for all students at his school, the Ledger reports.
SPREAD OUT: Monroe officials explore decentralizing the district administration, the Keynoter reports.
RETENTION: The number of third graders required to repeat the grade declines over time in Lee schools, the Fort Myers News-Press reports.