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New Laws Start Next Week — From Communism To AI
New Laws Start Next Week — From Communism To AI

Jax Today | By Jim Turner Florida’s 2024-2025 fiscal year will arrive next week with a fresh $116.5 billion budget and nearly 200 new laws. Lawmakers also tucked another $2 billion in spending into bills, with that money not showing up in the budget (HB 5001). Among the measures slated... Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2024


Ron DeSantis re-ups warnings about legal weed in schools, restaurants
Ron DeSantis re-ups warnings about legal weed in schools, restaurants

A.G. Gancarski Gov. Ron DeSantis is continuing to make the case that legalized recreational marijuana would do what Florida’s medical market has not, and create a pungent wave of olfactory assaults in all public spaces. “If you read that actual text of the Constitution that will go... Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2024


Smartwatches: The Next Challenge for School Cellphone Policies
Smartwatches: The Next Challenge for School Cellphone Policies

By Elizabeth Heubeck Jim Crisfield, superintendent of the Wissahickon school district in Ambler, Pa., acknowledges that his district hasn’t exactly been an early adopter of student policies related to personal smart devices and their use on school grounds. “Until this past school... Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2024


3 more Pinellas schools are getting new principals
3 more Pinellas schools are getting new principals

By Jeffrey S. Solochek The Pinellas County school board filled three additional school principal posts on Tuesday, two because of retirements and one due to a last-minute change of plans. Both San Jose and Fuguitt elementary schools are getting new leadership as their principals end their... Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2024


School Librarians Are Creating Free Book Fairs. Here’s How
School Librarians Are Creating Free Book Fairs. Here’s How

By Brooke Schultz Everything about book fairs felt wrong to Julia Stivers. As a parent volunteer at the book fair, she would watch teachers bring their classes through, and see how students would be split: those who could buy something, and those who couldn’t. She remembers students... Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2024


Florida districts are closing under-used schools. Pinellas and Pasco aren’t. Why?
Florida districts are closing under-used schools. Pinellas and Pasco aren’t. Why?

By Jeffrey S. SolochekTimes staff Facing tight finances and shrinking student enrollment, K-12 districts across Florida are making the politically unpopular move of shutting down schools. After a year of stop-and-go planning along with dissent on the school board, Hillsborough closed one... Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2024


Brevard Public Schools Announces 5-year Career and Technical Education Program Expansion
Brevard Public Schools Announces 5-year Career and Technical Education Program Expansion

By Space Coast Daily BREVARD COUNTY • VIERA, FLORIDA — Brevard Public Schools officials unveiled a 5-year expansion plan for its Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs during the June 18 school board workhop. This plan aims to introduce 18 new CTE programs across Brevard... Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2024


Collier County Education Association continues bargaining for increased wages
Collier County Education Association continues bargaining for increased wages

Reporter: Michelle Alvarez For years, teachers have been talking about how much it costs to live in Collier County, saying it doesn’t match what they’re getting paid, and that they believe they deserve more. “Based on what the district presented us with, I want to say that... Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2024


Achieve Miami Launches Fall 2024 Semester at MDC, FIU
Achieve Miami Launches Fall 2024 Semester at MDC, FIU

By Katherine York Following the success of its first full year in operation which put dozens of teachers in classrooms across Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Achieve Miami’s Teacher Accelerator Program (TAP) — a Miami-based non-profit that recruits, trains, places, and mentors... Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2024


Schools Can’t Evaluate All Those Ed-Tech Products. Help Is on the Way
Schools Can’t Evaluate All Those Ed-Tech Products. Help Is on the Way

By Alyson Klein Seven leading education technology organizations—including the International Society for Technology in Education and the Consortium for School Networking—are teaming up to help school districts scrutinize a deluge of education technology products and... Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2024


Elevating Student Voice in Our School Community and Beyond
Elevating Student Voice in Our School Community and Beyond

By: Derrick Lawson One of my mantras as a principal in the community where I grew up and have served at each level of K–12 education originates from the African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Today, we need an entire community of people to provide a safe,... Continue Reading

Date posted06/13/2024


FCC Pilot Program to Help Schools Fight ‘Real and Growing’ Cyberattacks
FCC Pilot Program to Help Schools Fight ‘Real and Growing’ Cyberattacks

By Alyson Klein School districts and libraries can soon seek new federal grants to protect against the mounting threat of cyberattacks under a pilot program approved June 6 by the Federal Communications Commission. The cybersecurity program, which FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel pitched... Continue Reading

Date posted06/7/2024