education

Representative Scott Franklin (R-FL) issued a statement after the House of Representatives passed the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act, saying it "will end this parasitic relationship between U.S. higher education and our adversaries." The DETERRENT Act, reintroduced by Representative Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), requires colleges and universities to […]

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Florida was listed as the best state in the country for education and the economy in 2024, according to U.S. News and World Report The report found the Sunshine State No. 1 for Higher Education and No. 10 in Pre-K-12 Education. Florida also has a lower debt at graduation ($13,872) than the national average ($14,086) […]

The Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) Center for Political Strategy shared its initial findings on Wednesday of a Q1 2025 Statewide General Election Poll showing property insurance costs as a major issue for Floridians. The AIF poll found property insurance costs at the top of mind for Florida voters at 33% followed by inflation at […]

Representative Aaron Bean (R-FL) is reintroducing legislation to counter malicious foreign influence in America's education system through funding. Named the Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education (TRACE) Act and introduced initially last June, Rep. Bean's bill would require schools to notify parents of how and where foreign funding affects their child's educational curriculum. […]

Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) released a statement announcing a Department of Defense grant to rebuild Tinker PreK-8 School on MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. The $86 million award will improve the quality of Tinker's campus and curricula and expand its capacity to accommodate the children of Air Force service members and ensure their education. […]

Abolishing the Department of Education (DOE) has gained traction among Republicans, including Representative Aaron Bean (R-FL), who recently told The Floridian that he wants education to return to the states. This would effectively abolish critical race theory (CRT) at the federal level. We asked Rep. Bean why he believed Democrats are against abolishing the Department, which […]

MIAMI - Florida voters will decide if school board candidates are required to disclose their party affiliation under a constitutional amendment in November. The Partisan Election of Members of District School Boards, or Amendment 1, would require district school boards to be elected in a partisan election as opposed to a nonpartisan election. Amendment 1 […]

Top Florida Republicans are denouncing Stetson University for publishing a newsletter that said former President Donald Trump poses “threats to democracy” just four days before a second would-be assassin tried to kill him, and months after the first assassination attempt against his life. While Democrats have long accused President Trump of being a democracy-hating dictator, […]

It was the deadliest terror attack in history, claiming 2,977 lives in hours. So, on the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attack, Gov. Ron DeSantis commemorated the fallen heroes murdered by al-Qaeda jihadists at a Palm Harbor ceremony Wednesday morning. "We'll never forget the sacrifices that those folks made, many of them just […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL— Rep. Carolina Amesty was indicted on four felony charges and booked into the Orange County Jail after a grand jury decided she had forged a signature on a document she notarized for a school run by her father. Investigated and first broken by the Orlando Sentinel, Amesty claimed in September 2021 that veteran […]

The infiltration of the American education system by China has been a concern among Republicans, as many examples have demonstrated. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) recently spearheaded a letter with Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate colleges and universities with Chinese ties and provide a counterstrategy. "We write regarding reports that […]

TAMPA, FL—In its final form, Governor Ron DeSantis approved this year's $116.5 billion budget while vetoing around $1 billion in projects, touting a staggering $17 billion surplus. "This is a budget that shows it can be done," DeSantis said at the Tampa press conference, applauding his "great" budget as a "mark of good leadership". "We […]

The seemingly insidious nature of foreign influence in our educational system is a cause for concern. It can be challenging to detect, as children can be taught anti-American values unbeknownst to their parents. Recognizing this, Representative Aaron Bean (R-FL) has taken a stand, introducing a bill to combat this influence by enhancing transparency in foreign […]

HIALEAH, FL—As Florida languishes at the near worst-in-the-nation spot for teacher pay, Governor Ron DeSantis slams teacher unions while taking action—announcing Monday that he will approve $1.25 billion in the state budget toward teacher salary increases. "This is an increase of close to a quarter of a billion dollars in funding over the previous years...and […]

Early in May, Representative Aaron Bean (R-FL) savaged Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on the impact of illegal immigration on our nation's K-12 public school system. After a more recent hearing, the Florida Congressman made a series of comments to Fox News Digital, describing the effect the border crisis has had on schools, to the […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL—A part-time college professor will not be allowed back at his university after he called for Jews to "return to exile" in parts of Europe. Danny Krikorian, a U.S. Government professor at Valencia College in Orlando, proposed the existence of an "Arab Federation" encompassing municipal Arab states, represented by "The flag of the Arab […]

Florida Dept of Education Launches Inquiry into Islamic School Connected to Antisemitic Mosque Leader MIAMI, FL—The Department of Education has launched an official inquiry into the Reviver Academy, a private Islamic school that operates...READ MORE   U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor-I stand with my neighbors in the LGBTQI+ community in the Tampa Bay area & across […]