By STEVE KARNOWSKI, MARK VANCLEAVE and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO A shooter opened fire with a rifle Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck some of the nearly 200 children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people... Continue Reading
by Cindy Glover Three weeks into the 2025-26 school year, Polk County Public Schools has about 300 teacher vacancies and 490 long-term substitutes, according to district spokesman Kyle Kennedy. Combined, that’s about 1 in 8 of the district’s 6,200 teaching positions. Not... Continue Reading
By Divya Kumar Amid the crackdown on street art, street murals outside several Hillsborough County schools installed for safety purposes will also be removed. Among the schools with brightly colored crosswalks identified by the state’s transportation department as noncompliant: Rampello... Continue Reading
By Alaijah Brown After a rash of school arrests, Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna is fed up with students violating the district's top zero tolerance policy: No weapons on campuses. After a year of launching a "see something, say something campaign," launching AI weapons... Continue Reading
By Delaney Rosenberg How can leaders establish a positive, community-oriented culture for the educators on their team? There is a gaping hole in research literature on this topic, despite the fact that our educators’ perceptions of their work have a direct effect on students’... Continue Reading
By Steve Montiero Superintendent of Osceola County schools joins Trooper Steve on Patrol Anytime I get a chance to brag about Osceola... Continue Reading
By Jim DeLa The Manatee County School Board Tuesday selected one of their own to lead the district as its new Superintendent. Dr. Laurie Breslin, executive director for Student Support and Family Engagement, was the board’s unanimous choice over the other finalist, Dr. Misty Mathis, of... Continue Reading
By Jonathan Grass Osceola County has converted the P.M. Wells charter school into a school for students with intense disabilities and behavioral needs. The school, which is the first of its kind in the district, provides a specialized educational environment for students who previously had... Continue Reading
By Kara Arundel After wildfires destroyed parts of California’s Palisades Charter High School campus in January, students began learning virtually — and then from a former department store converted into a school. By January, the school hopes to reunite on its home campus.... Continue Reading
By Carolyn DiPaolo A new initiative is showing promise as a way to help teachers prepare Palm Beach County children for the growing rigors of kindergarten. Why it matters: Children who enter kindergarten ready to learn are more likely to read proficiently by third grade. But if they fall... Continue Reading
By: Alex Orenczuk Charlotte County school leaders say new vape sensors installed in middle and high school bathrooms are helping cut down on student vaping, showing a more than 26% drop in incidents over the past school year. According to the district, there were more than 750 vaping... Continue Reading
By Kara Arundel As schools open their doors to usher students and staff into a new school year, there is one familiar and constantly present item that is increasingly unwelcome: cellphones. As of July 28, 33 states had enacted laws or policies on cellphone usage in K-12 classrooms or... Continue Reading
