By Sarah Schwartz Attention school administrators: Teachers think you could be creating a better work environment—and they have suggestions for how to do it. Teachers want leaders to trust them with autonomy in the classroom. They want time to collaborate with colleagues and take care... Continue Reading
By Mary Ellen Ritter Volusia County Schools and Volusia United Educators Support settled their contract Tuesday and, if approved, more district employees will see their salaries increase this year. The contract includes the following agreements, according to a district press release:... Continue Reading
By Drew Dixon PNC Bank and EVERFI from BlackBaud, an educational technology platform development firm, are teaming up to increase financial literacy among Florida high school students in response to a new state law. PNC and EVERFI have developed a curriculum they are pitching to School... Continue Reading
By Kara Arundel A historic influx of federal funding to help K-12 schools recover from setbacks created by the worst global pandemic in modern times has largely been spent without waste or fraud so far — and it has been essential for students’ academic recuperation, several... Continue Reading
By Brook Silva-Braga Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress. In response, many schools are rethinking how they teach kids to read. In one New York City first grade... Continue Reading
By Mark Lieberman Roughly 12 percent of America’s K-12 students attend school in a building that has solar panels, and that number is likely to grow in the coming years thanks to an onslaught of new federal funding promoting clean energy adoption, according to a new report from the... Continue Reading
By Jeffrey S. Solochek Pasco County teachers are line to receive pay raises averaging just over 5%, after representatives from the school district and teachers union reached a deal Wednesday in their first round of bargaining over salaries and benefits. The agreement, which still requires... Continue Reading
Osceola County’s school board on Tuesday voted against having chaplains in its schools. Board member Jon Arguello tried to get the measure passed, but the majority of the board voted against adopting the item. “Bringing religious leaders into the public schools is not only... Continue Reading
By Naomi Feinstein A new study has found that Florida has the most underpaid teachers across dozens of surveyed states.The study by Twinkl, an online educational publishing house, surveyed 2,400 people in 43 states over three weeks in May, asking them how much they thought a teacher's... Continue Reading
By: Kendall Brandt Support staff at our Leon County Schools are getting a pay raise. At Tuesday's school board meeting, leaders approved a pay and benefits increase for union paraprofessionals and other support staff. The board also approved a plan to improve one of our elementary... Continue Reading
By Cherney Amhara Inside some Florida classrooms, like the second grade class Cynthia Chavez teaches, a mix of English and Spanish can be heard while students navigate the complexities of learning a new language while studying the building blocks of K-12. “There has been a growth of... Continue Reading
By Patrick O’Donnell Amelia Haggard was too shy to talk about her future, but her father wasn’t. “She’s going to be an astronaut,” boasted David Haggard as she started kindergarten at Indianapolis’ new Girls IN STEM Academy. Amelia, just 5 and already... Continue Reading
