Category: Education

The Florida Department of Education on Monday released school grades for the 2022-2023 academic year, providing a first look at performance under a new “progress monitoring” system of testing. Education officials said “no negative consequences” would come from what the department called “informational baseline grades”…

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The inspector general for the state university system’s Board of Governors is recommending that Florida Atlantic University be required to restart a search for a new president. A search was halted and an investigation ordered in July as university system Chancellor Ray Rodrigues alleged “anomalies”…

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A new study has revealed that Florida has the fourth highest student debt per borrower. Higher education research group Degree Choices analyzed data from the Office of Federal Student Aid to determine which states had the highest average student debt per borrower. Read: Department Of…

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The state Department of Education is preparing to craft a new rule to allow high school students to earn credits for doing extracurricular activities with career and technical student organizations. The potential rule stems from a law (SB 240) approved by the Legislature and Gov.…

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Republican lawmakers in Florida seek to force educators to be open about criminal or mental health incidents in their past so that parents can be better informed about who is educating their children. The measure is named after a school superintendent who, earlier this year,…

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Florida sits atop the rest of America when it comes to education freedom, according to a new survey. The conservative Heritage Foundation ranked the Sunshine State No. 1 in its Education Freedom Report Card, which judges states on four categories: Education Choice, Teacher Freedom, Transparency, and…

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Florida higher-education officials on Thursday moved toward making changes to “general education core courses” at state universities, including a change involving a sociology course that could deal with issues such as gender, sexuality and race. The Principles of Sociology class, which still would be available…

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After a controversy this year about African American history standards in public schools, a Florida Senate Democrat has filed a proposal that would prevent instruction asserting that enslaved people benefited from slavery in any way. Sen. Shevrin Jones, D-Miami Gardens, filed the bill (SB 344)…

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A federal judge heard arguments Monday in a challenge to a new Florida law that prohibits instruction on certain topics in “general education core courses” at state colleges and universities. The challenge, filed by the group NCF Freedom, Inc. and several New College of Florida…

Read More Judge Weighs Florida Higher Ed Restrictions

Florida Virtual School will operate a new program, known as the Florida Scholars Academy, for students in the Department of Juvenile Justice system. Lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis this year approved creating the Florida Scholars Academy and using $12 million in state money. A news…

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