By Mahika Kukday John Legg was elected Pasco County school superintendent on Tuesday, winning 59% of votes and beating out opponent Chris Dunning. Both hold doctorates from the University of South Florida and place student success as a high priority, but the commonalities end there. Legg... Continue Reading
By Alan Festo The Alachua County School Board during a special meeting on Monday night unanimously agreed to enter into contract negotiations with a former Florida Superintendent of the Year to serve as the district's interim leader. Board member Leanetta McNealy was first to nominate Kamela... Continue Reading
Bibles in public classrooms. School choice. Teacher pay. Over the last several months, The 74 has taken a look at some of the biggest education issues at play during the 2024 election cycle. Here’s an overview of the federal, state and local races and ballot measures that are poised to... Continue Reading
By Travis Pillow Florida’s public schools score among the best in the nation in nine-year-olds’ reading achievement. For low-income students, their results are the best in the nation, period. And they also deliver for taxpayers, producing these results at some of the lowest costs... Continue Reading
Inside a North Philadelphia high school, a class of 11th graders talked frankly about the most controversial aspects of the 2024 election: abortion, Project 2025, the prospect of the first female president. Nearly 650 miles away at a middle school in Indianapolis, an eighth grade teacher avoided... Continue Reading
By Anna Merod Starting in the 2027-28 school year, schools will be prohibited from charging junk fees to low-income families for meals served through the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday. The new policy will... Continue Reading
By Veronica Crespo Miami-Dade County Public Schools are earning top marks, with 161 schools receiving the 2023-2024 Schools of Excellence designation in Florida. According to a media release, M-DCPS accounted for 21% of the 774 Florida schools earning the distinction for the 2023-2024 school... Continue Reading
By Megan Mallicoat On Monday, the Duval County School Board will decide whether to close a number of schools, mostly on Jacksonville’s Westside. On Tuesday, voters in the same area will help pick a new District 5 school board representative. Jacksonville Today asked the two District 5... Continue Reading
By Chris Will It was a quiet Thursday morning at Raines High School. That’s because a surprise awaited just inside the gym walls. With the students cheering and the band playing its music, that loud surprise was for Principal Vincent Hall. Hall walked into the gym to a roaring crowd of... Continue Reading
By Nancy Guan To save money long-term, the district is looking to switch to a self-insured health insurance plan — one that takes on more risk, but allows for more flexibility — which is in line with other large school districts in the state. Hillsborough County Public Schools are... Continue Reading
By Jack Beresford A Florida mom decided to take action after learning several of her daughter's classmates were going without snacks at school. Monet Finnigan's 8-year-old daughter Charlotte had just come home from Mandarin Oaks Elementary School in Jacksonville when her mom made a shocking... Continue Reading
By Caitlynn Peetz Tense conflict over issues like how districts teach about race, their policies related to LGBTQ+ students, and the books they keep in school libraries cost American schools more than $3 billion last academic year, according to a new analysis that aimed for the first time to... Continue Reading
