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
By Chad Aldeman Say your boss gives you an unexpected bonus at work. Would you save the money, make those home upgrades you’ve been putting off or splurge on a nice vacation? School districts had to make similar calculations with the financial windfalls they received in the wake of... Continue Reading
By Elizabeth Heubeck The traditional structure of American high schools has looked fairly similar for several decades: Students sit in rows of small, square desks with a teacher at the head of the class, for approximately seven hours a day, five days a week, 180 days per year. It’s a... Continue Reading
By Jerry Hume Chris and Gina Dyer say it’s challenging to bring their son Nicholas to Sunset Park Elementary School in Windermere, even though they live just over a mile away. “Everybody kind of bottlenecks into the intersections so you've got people coming from the turn signal... Continue Reading
By Johna Giordano, MS E.L., Principal, Hollywood Academy of Arts & Sciences Getting operations up and running, training new teachers and new families, rainy day dismissals, fire drills, PLCs, positive culture, and a plethora of seemingly simple tasks can fill every minute of our day as... Continue Reading
By Libby Stanford The main mechanism under federal law to support school improvement often fails to do its job, according to a new report from EdTrust, a nonprofit advocacy group focused on equity in education. The report examines how state accountability systems have evolved in the near... Continue Reading
By Jeffrey S. Solochek When Pinellas County students return to school Monday, children from two schools swamped by Hurricane Helene won’t be joining them. “Two of our schools suffered severe damages,” schools superintendent Kevin Hendrick said Sunday during a news briefing... Continue Reading
