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Commentary: Are we grading students or AI chatbots?
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (653+ words) We are actively developing the curriculum to ensure students graduate knowing'how to use AI tools, thereby turning the underlying threat of AI-generated work into an opportunity. AI expert and OpenAI co-founder Andrej'Karpathy recently declared on X that "the majority of…...
Warmoth leaving Orlando TV anchor desk for new career
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (241+ words) Justin Warmoth, longtime anchor and reporter at Orlando's WKMG-Channel 6, is leaving the CBS affiliate at the end of the month, the station announced Monday. His last day on News 6 is Jan. 30. "Warmoth and his family will be staying in Central…...
Commentary: School choice funding streamlined by new bill, Sen. Gaetz writes
1+ week, 2+ day ago (258+ words) Whether you support or oppose school choice, this is not good stewardship of taxpayer dollars. After reviewing Florida's school-choice program, the Auditor General concluded, "Whatever could go wrong did go wrong." Fortunately, the Auditor General recommended a solution. I introduced…...
Commentary: School choice means empowering families in a changing landscape
1+ week, 2+ day ago (424+ words) Florida is currently facing a demographic shift. Enrollment in traditional district schools is declining, largely due to lower birth rates and shifting population trends. This is true in Florida and across the United States. It's a reality that every school…...
Florida House passes nursing school oversight bill
1+ week, 2+ day ago (502+ words) The Florida House gave near unanimous approval on Thursday to a proposal that would tighten the state Board of Nursing's oversight of nursing schools, a change that supporters say is needed because poorly performing programs have left graduates ill-prepared to…...
Commentary: I miss the Gordon Rule at Florida colleges
1+ week, 3+ day ago (502+ words) Gordon's solution: students should do a lot of writing. He envisioned students taking four courses in English and other humanities that demanded a paper a week, as he'd done as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan in the 1940s, which…...
Florida’s high school graduation rate hits record
1+ week, 3+ day ago (459+ words) Florida's high school graduation rate soared last year, topping 92% " the highest in state history. The 92.2% state average represented a 2.5 percentage point increase from the prior year. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the record rate during his state-of-the-state speech Tuesday, and state…...
Orange school board approves Hungerford land sale to Dr. Phillips Charities
1+ week, 4+ day ago (641+ words) The Orange County School Board on Tuesday gave final approval to a landmark sale of the historic Hungerford school property to a local non-profit. The board unanimously approved a deal'to sell the 117-acre plot of land, located just off Interstate…...
Commentary: Prioritize programs to send students abroad
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (304+ words) Higher education has one role: to improve the lives of students. While some institutions are trumpeting on-campus benefits like lazy rivers, luxurious dorms and multi-million-dollar esports arenas, it is the experiences that have nothing to do with these headline-grabbing facilities…...
Letters: Community college’s value | Hold Trump accountable | Impeachment is waste of time
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (241+ words) Focusing on Central Florida's contributions to higher education (How higher education grew in Central Florida," Jan. 8) was a great way to kick off Orlando Sentinel 150. As I read the article, I thought about a luncheon I attended in Tampa hosted…...