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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
