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LAKELAND — James McIntyre, Jr., is currently the director of the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Tennessee and an assistant professor. Previously, he was the superintendent of Knox County Schools in Knoxville, Tennessee.  "I'm a big proponent of making sure our highest priority is ensuring high-level learning in every classroom,” said McIntyre. “I'm really a big proponent of evaluation.”  McIntyre, 53, said effective evaluation of a teacher involves starting with an example of what good teaching looks like and then going into the classroom with the...

The Orange school district is also looking at start three new theme-based schools -- a conservatory for fine and performing arts, a campus focused on agribusiness and another focused on modeling and simulation.

LAKELAND — The Polk County Public Schools citizens advisory committee on Thursday evening whittled 52 candidates who applied for school superintendent to their top seven.  “This is one of the largest fields we’ve had,” said Florida School Boards Association consultant Bill Vogel.   Current Schools Superintendent Jacqueline Byrd announced in May that she would retire from one of the largest districts in the nation, with more than 107,000 students last year and 150 schools.   The School Board then set about to start the process of hiring an expert to help them with selecting...

The school board plans to interview two candidates on Feb. 8 and pick Seminole County Public Schools' next superintendent on Feb. 9.