By Danielle Prieur U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona was in Kissimmee on Thursday to talk about the importance of incentivizing more people to go into teaching, especially in high-demand areas like special education. Cardona’s visit comes days after his department granted the... Continue Reading
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 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 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
