By Alaijah Brown Several Leon County School sites will get new leadership in the 2025-26 school year as Superintendent Rocky Hanna presents recommendations for new principals to the Leon County School Board. None of the new appointments made available May 19 come from outside the district and... Continue Reading
By Mickenzie Hannon As the School District of Lee County works to finalize its upcoming budget, officials are eyeing more than $17 million in federal funding to support safety upgrades at dozens of campuses, part of a broader $50 million infrastructure push, while the state’s final... Continue Reading
By Genevieve Curtis The City of Lakeland is taking significant steps to improve student safety by advancing an ordinance to install speed cameras in school zones. This initiative comes in response to a series of tragic vehicle-related accidents involving students, which have deeply affected... Continue Reading
On Friday, the Governor received legislation that would roll back a new law requiring later middle and high school start times and conceding it’s best to let local school officials decide what time school should start. SB 296, if signed by Ron DeSantis, will repeal a 2023 law requiring... Continue Reading
By Brooke Schultz The U.S. Department of Education is immediately increasing funding for a charter school grant program after it gained extra leeway through the budget process to allocate funds for the rest of this fiscal year and as the Trump administration looks to expand school choice. The... Continue Reading
By: Scott Sutton A clash over the cost to secure schools in Martin County is heating up. This is a story that WPTV first reported on earlier this month after the Martin County School District balked at the sheriff's office's request for an additional $2.1 million to fund the school resource... Continue Reading
By Mickenzie Hannon The School District of Lee County has slashed its teacher vacancies from 211 in January to 31, part of an aggressive four-month recruitment effort. Officials are now looking to fill every open instructional role before the first day of the new school year. But behind the... Continue Reading
The Florida Department of Education announced Brandy Nicole Anderson, a teacher at Indian Trails Middle School in Flagler County, as one of five finalists for the 2026 Florida Teacher of the Year. The state finalists were chosen from 76 district teachers of the year. The 2026 Florida Department of... Continue Reading
By Jacob Ogles Florida TaxWatch honored innovating educators from around Florida with its annual Principal Leadership Awards. A total of 15 administrators for Florida elementary, middle and high schools gathered for a ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota. Participants heard an address from... Continue Reading
By Amanda Geduld A historic bill creating a first-of-its-kind, nationwide tax credit scholarship program to expand private school choice is part of a sweeping Republican tax bill approved by the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday. “It is a true game changer that we think would... Continue Reading
The Florida Department of Education announced Mark Harrison, a teacher at Union County High School, as one of five finalists for the 2026 Florida Teacher of the Year. The state finalists were chosen from 76 district teachers of the year. The 2026 Florida Department of Education Teacher of the Year... Continue Reading
The Florida Department of Education announced Shelly Teel, a third-grade teacher at Westside Elementary School in Columbia County as one of five finalists for 2026 Florida Teacher of the Year. The state finalists were chosen from 76 district teachers of the year. The 2026 Florida Department of... Continue Reading
