By Jeffrey S. Solochek As Florida works to recover from Hurricane Helene, educators and other officials want to ensure children whose families suffered losses do not also lose the continuity of their learning or their sense of community. That’s why they’re taking whatever steps... Continue Reading
By Amanda Lumpkin, Fifteen Florida schools received top honors for their academic excellence, being held in high esteem by the 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools program, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently announced. National Blue Ribbon, implemented more than 40 years... Continue Reading
By Heather Bushman With the impacts of a new public comment policy beginning to take shape, the Sarasota School Board swiftly handled its business at a Tuesday meeting — taking steps to approve new policies regarding artificial intelligence and curriculum guidelines. The meeting lasted... Continue Reading
By Jeffrey S. Solochek Across the nation, school districts have experienced declining enrollment as families consider other education options for their children, among other factors. It’s led to a debate over the need to shutter under-capacity, often low-performing schools. The... Continue Reading
By Matthew Stone A growing proportion of high school students think they need to continue their education after they earn their diploma, and the jobs that offer them the best chance at living a comfortable life increasingly require training after high school. But that postsecondary education... Continue Reading
Danielle Emmons of Willow Oak School and Joaida Kist of Mulberry High School are the finalists from District 3 for the Polk County Teacher and School-Related Employee of the Year, Polk County Public Schools announced. Emmons is an agriculture teacher at Willow Oak School. She piloted the school... Continue Reading
By Alaijah Brown Student government leaders at Lincoln High School told Superintendent Rocky Hanna they felt safe – for now – about the district's safety measures. How long that would last, they couldn't say. The transparent conversation, which happened last week, marked the... Continue Reading
By Jesse Scheckner Three South Florida lawmakers are collaborating to set new federal standards for notifying parents and guardians about school emergencies, from shootings and bomb threats to sex offenses and natural disasters. The bipartisan School Safety Notification System Act —... Continue Reading
By Colleen Wixon Is a school ticket booth with the name of a local restaurant or national chain in the school district's future? Tebo Partnerships, which works with school districts across the state, pitched Tuesday the idea of selling naming rights of district facilities. It's a concept... Continue Reading
By Madeline Will Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables famously said, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” But in education, October can be a hard, sometimes grueling month. The excitement that comes with the start of the school year has faded, work has... Continue Reading
By Wellington Soares and Caroline Bauman Jamie Epps did not expect to spend a lot of her own money on school supplies when she decided to take a teaching job for the fall of 2023. Her mother convinced her to teach as a source of income while Epps attended nursing school. A retired teacher... Continue Reading
By Libby Stanford The outcome of the 2024 presidential election could sway the direction of school discipline policy as each major candidate presents a starkly different view of how schools should approach student behavior problems. The 2024 GOP platform, which former President Donald Trump... Continue Reading
