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Most Teachers Don’t Think PD Is Relevant. What Can Principals Do?
Most Teachers Don’t Think PD Is Relevant. What Can Principals Do?

By Jessica Calabrese & Elham Kazemi Principals believe they are delivering relevant professional development. Teachers disagree. Principals survey teachers and feel they are including teacher voice in PD plans. Teachers feel like PD is done to them. Principals look forward to PD days.... Continue Reading

Date posted11/7/2024


Pasco students learn about robotic surgery technology
Pasco students learn about robotic surgery technology

By Douglas R. Clifford Students were able to operate some of the equipment themselves at the event, and had an opportunity to learn more about lung health while doing so, according to a news release. Medical staff from HCA Florida Trinity Hospital talked about the ill effects of smoking and... Continue Reading

Date posted11/7/2024


Funding Arts Broward Awards $300,000 in New Arts Access Grants to the South Florida Symphony
Funding Arts Broward Awards $300,000 in New Arts Access Grants to the South Florida Symphony

Funding Arts Broward (FAB) announced that two new Arts Access grants totaling $300,000 have been awarded to the South Florida Symphony Orchestra and the Arts Prevails Project. The Arts Access grants were created to expand upon arts education programs that both organizations currently have in... Continue Reading

Date posted11/7/2024


Amendment 1 fails, keeping school board races non-partisan
Amendment 1 fails, keeping school board races non-partisan

Political party affiliations will stay out of school board races as Amendment 1 failed to gain approval from Florida voters. The constitutional amendment failed to receive 60% of the vote as required, instead receiving 55%, according to election results. The amendment would have... Continue Reading

Date posted11/6/2024


Niceville, Fort Walton Beach High Schools earn silver in AP School Honor Roll
Niceville, Fort Walton Beach High Schools earn silver in AP School Honor Roll

Two schools in Okaloosa County — Niceville High School and Fort Walton Beach High School — have earned spots on the 2024 College Board AP School Honor Roll, recognizing their Advanced Placement (AP) programs. According to a news release by the Okaloosa County School District, both... Continue Reading

Date posted11/6/2024


Election 2024: Who is Lee County's new superintendent of schools?
Election 2024: Who is Lee County's new superintendent of schools?

By Kate Cimini Longtime Lee County school district teacher and administrator Denise Carlin won the county's first election for superintendent since 1974 on Tuesday night. With 99 of 99 precincts reporting across Lee County, Republican Carlin, a 55-year resident of Lee County and a 32-year... Continue Reading

Date posted11/6/2024


John Legg is elected Pasco schools superintendent as Republicans sweep House races
John Legg is elected Pasco schools superintendent as Republicans sweep House races

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

Date posted11/6/2024


ACPS selects former Collier County superintendent to serve as interim leader
ACPS selects former Collier County superintendent to serve as interim leader

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

Date posted11/5/2024


2024 EDlection Recap: Key Races & Issues That Could Reshape America’s Schools
2024 EDlection Recap: Key Races & Issues That Could Reshape America’s Schools

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

Date posted11/5/2024


Analysis: Florida schools boast better reading results, especially for low-income students, for less
Analysis: Florida schools boast better reading results, especially for low-income students, for less

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

Date posted11/5/2024


How are teachers bringing the presidential election to classrooms? In very different ways.
How are teachers bringing the presidential election to classrooms? In very different ways.

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

Date posted11/4/2024


USDA to eliminate school meal ‘junk fees’ for low-income families
USDA to eliminate school meal ‘junk fees’ for low-income families

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

Date posted11/4/2024