By Scott Travis School Board elections are over, but Broward voters can still decide in November whether they want some new oversight to help the district root out waste, fraud and corruption. A ballot initiative will ask those voting in the general election Nov. 5 to say yes or no to... Continue Reading
By Ryan Lynch – Staff Writer, Orlando Business Journal Orange County Public Schools plans to spend an estimated $50.1 million to revamp a former campus. The district is seeking bids to design a replacement campus on 6.06 acres at 905 Waltham Ave. in Orlando, the site of the former Pine... Continue Reading
By Steven Walker Terry Connor starts his days early with a run. As in his work life, he’s optimized his personal morning routine to the extreme. Connor runs in his neighborhood and uses a gym he built at home because driving to a gym takes up too much time. An efficiency guru, the... Continue Reading
By Vivian Santiesteban-Pardo Coral Reef Senior High has won the Sanford I. Weill Academy of Excellence Award for the Academy of Business and Finance. This is the sixth time a program from Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has received this award since its inception in 2013. The academy... Continue Reading
By Katie Streit Chronically absent, it is a term that refers to students who have missed at least 10% of the school year to date. It’s something that’s happening in school districts all over the country, including in Marion County. Now the district is doing something about... Continue Reading
By Mary Lett Kahia Ross and Sawyer Valdez are enjoying sixth grade at their elementary schools. The two are among 55 or so Escambia County School District students to attend their first year of middle school at Cordova Park and West Pensacola elementary schools rather than in a middle school... Continue Reading
By Kara Arundel As more school districts and states across the country move to limit or ban cellphone use during school hours, they face an undercurrent of resistance from parents who cite the need for quick communication in emergencies and concerns about discipline measures for those not... Continue Reading
By Jeffrey S. Solochek The hot story: Schools across the state are struggling to keep their students and staff cool. Incidents are arising in several counties, including in the Tampa Bay area, of schools sending kids home early, sometimes taking students to hospital for overheating, as... Continue Reading
By Jeffrey S. Solochek Tampa Bay school districts are in a K-8 school resurgence. Common through the 1940s, with a mini-boom in the early 2000s, the idea of letting children attend the same school from kindergarten through eighth grade is gaining renewed popularity among families. The... Continue Reading
WUSF | By Gabriella Paul Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted recent 9/11 curriculum requirements for Florida schools during a ceremony on Wednesday. He spoke at a ceremony at the Curlew Hills Memory Gardens in Palm Harbor unveiling a memorial for victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. It's the 23rd... Continue Reading
By CORA LEWIS Single mother Rebecca Wood, 45, was already dealing with high medical bills in 2020 when she noticed she was being charged a $2.49 “program fee” each time she loaded money onto her daughter’s school lunch account. As more schools turn to cashless payment... Continue Reading
By Ari Odzer Since 2021, NBC6 and Telemundo 51 have joined forces to survey teachers across South Florida. More than 900 teachers responded to our survey – and the biggest concern, by far, was the difficulty of making a living in South Florida. Let’s look at other important issues... Continue Reading
