Trevor Aaronson and John O’Connor: The for-profit online educator knew of teacher certification problems in Florida for years.

Steve Miller: The Florida Education Association has been operating since January without its coveted tax exemption.

Ashley Lopez: In a repeat of last year, the Florida Senate voted down the controversial “parent trigger” bill in a tie vote this week.

John O’Connor and Trevor Aaronson: A state inquiry found that online educator K12 Inc. employed three teachers in Florida who lacked proper certification to teach some subjects.

A collaborative project involving StateImpact Florida and the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting won second place in investigative reporting for broadcast media in the 2012 National Awards for Education Reporting.

Ashley Lopez: A bill that would allow parents to decide the fate of failing public schools — which could mean turning a troubled public school into a charter school — will come up for consideration in the upcoming session of the Florida Legislature.

Ashley Lopez: A new data dump of emails from Jeb Bush’s education Foundation — a group aimed at passing school reforms in states all over the country– is heavily linked to the corporate interests that fund their efforts. In many cases, the corporate funders are benefiting greatly from the reforms Bush’s foundation is selling to states.

Lynn Waddell y John O’Connor: La Florida está lista para convertirse en el laboratorio de pruebas del país para nuevos enfoques al problema de la educación remedial.

Sarah Gonzalez: Starting in 2014-15, Florida will use something called the “Common Core State Standards.” Some 45 states and the District of Columbia have agreed to use this common framework, which is supposed to align what students learn in K-12 more closely with what they need to know in college.

Lynn Waddell and John O’Connor: Florida is poised to become the nation’s petri dish for new approaches to the remedial education problem.