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Through a partnership with the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) is lighting the way for thousands of students to earn a Bright Futures Scholarship through the Lighting the Way to a Bright Future Project. This year’s $45,000 Lottery grant will fund…
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Kendall Tietz Florida has over 5,000 teacher vacancies and more than 4,000 openings for school staff positions, according to the Florida Education Association. Data released by the Florida Education Association (FEA) in August showed vacancies figures so high that it recounted the vacancies, CNN reported. FEA’s October data…
Read More Florida Is Understaffed By More Than 5,000 Teachers Due To The Pandemic, Low Pay
Learning about time management is an essential skill to acquire because it contributes towards success in college and personal life. Many students often struggle to create time to study or complete their assignments leading to frustration, stress, and anxiety. Effective time management skills can help…
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – Hillsborough County School board members and superintendent Addison G. Davis heard from parents on both sides of the mask debate during a special school board meeting that was called on Wednesday. 8,400 Hillsborough students are now quarantined or isolated for COVID-19,…
Read More Hillsborough County School Board Votes 5-2 On 30-Day Mask Mandate
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – Yesterday’s attempt by Hillsborough County School Board member Melissa Snively to make a policy of banning Critical Race Theory (CRT) fell on deaf ears with the board preferring to discuss racial inequalities of bygone years, rather than focusing on efforts to…
Read More Effort To Ban Critical Race Theory Fails In Hillsborough County; Implicit Bias Training To Be Considered At Next Workshop
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a relatively new “woke intellectual” movement based on the premise that race is not a natural feature of physically distinct subgroups of people but a socially constructed category that is used to oppress and exploit people…
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PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. – The Pinellas Democratic Party has called upon the Pinellas County School Board to require all students to wear masks to protect children and their families from the significant surge in pediatric COVID cases. Lucinda Johnston, Chair of the Pinellas County Democratic…
Read More Pinellas Democrats Call For Masks In Schools, Says Florida Gov. DeSantis Is “Bullying”
POLK COUNTY, FL – Spessard Holland Elementary school will remain closed for a deep cleaning after multiple positive cases of COVID-19. A statement on the school’s website says, “In an abundance of caution, Spessard Holland Elementary will be closed until Monday, Aug. 9 due to…
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The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with Florida’s Volusia County School District (VCS) to address the district’s systemic and discriminatory practices that punish students with disabilities for their disability-related behavior and deny them equal access to VCS’s programs and services. The department conducted…
Read More DOJ Settles With A Florida School District To Protect Students With Disabilities From Classroom Removals, Other Discrimination
CITRUS COUNTY, FL. – Once again, Superintendent Himmel requested and received approval from the Florida Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Services Office to allow public school students free meals through the end of the 2021-22 school year. Students will be eligible to receive free…
Read More Free School Meals Continue For Public School Students Into 2021-22 School Year