5+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1066+ words) “Someday, someone will trust us with their life, and we want to be ready.” That’s how Ariana Sawyer, an undergraduate student at the University of South Florida’s College of Nursing, described the goal of the school’s newly expanded facility on…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (858+ words) A 2025 Florida law authorizes classrooms to have secondary locks to use in the event of a school shooting and other active assailant events. But a lock company is accusing the state Department of Education of overstepping its authority and undercutting…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (950+ words) Some Florida parents who homeschool their children and rely on a certain kind of state scholarship are being denied the funding. But it’s unclear how many are affected and why, since financial projections released this week appear to show the…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (570+ words) There are more than 3,100 teacher vacancies according to a count by the Florida Education Association, the statewide teachers union. The tally is a snapshot of the teacher shortages just before school districts start the academic year. District leaders say some…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (528+ words) Nyiah Hill is a rising sophomore at the Savannah College of Art and Design and a marketing intern at GTE Financial. The Tampa-based credit union gave her and 27 other local students $3,000 to put towards their education. "A lot of people…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (762+ words) As many Florida school districts look to close schools to cope with declining enrollment, leading to budget cuts, some are banding together to reduce another key factor to their bottom lines: health insurance premiums. Rising health insurance costs have pushed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (490+ words) For generations, songs like "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "The Wheels on the Bus" have entertained children and helped them learn their first words. Now, one literacy program is using the power of music to help young readers build their reading…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (450+ words) In an effort to return to more hands-on learning, Hillsborough County and Pasco County public school districts are limiting screen time in classrooms. It's part of a nationwide push to reduce excessive tech use that research shows is leading to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (413+ words) Florida is looking to block undocumented students from attending the state’s postsecondary career and technical education (CTE) programs. The Florida Department of Education is developing rules to adopt enrollment requirements that would make CTE programs only available to citizens or…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1011+ words) Vinita Prabakhar said her sudden firing came as a shock. The English professor at South Florida State College taught Otessa Moshdegh's critically-acclaimed "Bettering Myself" as part of a lesson on unsympathetic and unreliable narrators for nearly ten years. The story…...