Author: Beth Luberecki, Gulfshore Business At the halfway point of the 2023-24 school year, the Florida Education Association reported that there were still 4,096 advertised instructional vacancies in Florida K-12 public schools. In Southwest Florida, Collier County had 174 advertised... Continue Reading
By LESLIE POSTAL Before Orange County voters approved a half-penny sales tax for school construction more than two decades ago, the county’s public schools relied heavily on portable classrooms to handle growing enrollment, and many older buildings suffered from leaky roofs, balky air... Continue Reading
By Kevin Mahnken With the presidential election less than six months away, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will soon unveil their platforms and begin rallying voters around their agendas for 2025 and beyond. And while K–12 education typically spends little time in the national spotlight, the... Continue Reading
In partnership with South Lake, Leesburg and Eustis high schools, Habitat for Humanity of Lake-Sumter built four new homes over the past academic year as part of a vocational education program. And in recent weeks, the students were celebrated during dedication ceremonies. Habitat... Continue Reading
By Jeffrey S. Solochek Times staff The days of unlocked doors, gates and other access points at Florida’s schools are coming to an end. New state law, which takes effect July 1, says schools must keep all classroom, building and campus entrances and exits closed and locked when... Continue Reading
BY ALYSSA JOHNSON For over 20 years Florida school board races have been non-partisan, but voters will have a chance this election season to once again place party labels on school board candidates. Placed on the November ballot by state lawmakers, Amendment 1 aims to make school board races... Continue Reading
By Alyson Klein Teaching math, at least in part, by having students solve real-world problems is becoming increasingly popular in schools. In fact, California recently adopted a controversial framework that embraces the approach. However, educators are still divided over whether it’s the... Continue Reading
Lillian Lawson, Gainesville Sun Alachua County Public Schools' plan to turn Williams Elementary into the district’s first International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) has been approved. ACPS posted on Facebook Thursday evening that the International Baccalaureate... Continue Reading
Miami Herald | By Jimena Tavel | Six years and four months after a tragedy scarred South Florida forever, the building where it all unraveled will be destroyed. The 1200 building of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland will be demolished in mid June. Inside that three-story... Continue Reading
BY JOSEPH KONIG The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Wednesday that 530 school districts across the country will receive nearly $900 million to replace diesel school buses with electric and natural gas ones. What You Need To Know The Environmental Protection Agency... Continue Reading
By Ayana Archie The winner of this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee has been crowned. Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old from Florida, bested the competition Thursday with his spelling of “abseil,” a word used to describe descending a vertical surface area with a rope attached to... Continue Reading
Coconut Palm K-8 Academy and Country Club Middle School are celebrating a remarkable achievement as they become two out of the five schools across Florida selected to each receive a Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) STEM Classroom Makeover Grant. This $50,000 grant, $100,000 grant total,... Continue Reading
