Schools

After Broward County Schools Superintendent Earlean Smiley shockingly said there is no "clear-cut answer" to the question of what a woman is, the Broward School District has given its official answer. In response to an inquiry by Board Member Brenda Fam, the Office of Student Services referring to the Family Life and Human Sexuality Curriculum […]

The Broward School Board is set to consider a resolution "in support of African-American history instruction in Broward County Public Schools". The resolution is being brought forth by former Chair Torey Alston, who was appointed to the board by Governor Ron DeSantis in 2022. Alston appeared with DeSantis at a press conference on March 8 […]

MIAMI—After signing a historic “Education Reform” bill into law, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is considered a Constitutionalist, was asked if he believed education policy should be left up to the states, and not the federal government. Gov. DeSantis responded by saying that education policy was a "state and local issue," all but echoing what […]

An after-school event set to take place tomorrow at an Orlando High School featuring drag performers has been canceled after a call from the Florida Department of Education, a school spokesman has confirmed. "Donuts and Drag with Mama Rose" was advertised on the Instagram page of "Boone High's Queer and Ally Alliance". According to the […]

Since 2019, when Florida lawmakers created a voucher program called the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, the “flow of public funds to private education” has dramatically increased, according to a new report by the nonprofit Florida Policy Institute and the Education Law Center. The report details an increase in money in the Florida Education Finance Program […]

TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court Wednesday refused to reconsider a decision that struck down measures passed in Palm Beach County and Boca Raton to ban the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy.” The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request by the county and city for a rehearing after a three-judge panel […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the controversial Parental Rights in Education bill into law during a press conference in Holly Hill, Florida. "In Florida, we not only know that parents have a right to be involved, we insist that parents have a right to be involved," said DeSantis Flanked by Speaker Chris Sprowls, Rep. […]

By Ryan Dailey TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate is poised to consider a controversial measure that would prohibit school instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grade levels, as one Republican called on lawmakers to “soften” the bill when it is heard on the Senate floor. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the bill […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis indicated Friday he does not support a House proposal that would shift $200 million away from 12 school districts that required students to wear masks last year during the COVID-19 pandemic. The House included the proposal in a budget plan that it will take up during a floor session Tuesday. The proposal […]

When COVID-19 caused the cancellation of state assessments in 2020, it created a rare opportunity to re-evaluate what parts of our public education system were working and which needed changes. Without state test results, school districts didn’t know what knowledge students had acquired and where educators would need to support students in the next academic […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing firmly with parental choice and free speech after the Biden Administration announced that they were mobilizing the FBI to investigate, and possibly label some parents as 'domestic terrorists' for voicing their opposition against mask mandates and the controversial critical race theory that many school districts are "indoctrinating" children with. […]

As the only statewide elected Democrat in Florida, Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried (D-FL) has been enjoying a political high as her poll numbers just surpassed former governor and US Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) in the Democrat primary race for governor. However, Fried's inconsistent mask policy might cost her some points in the highly anticipated gubernatorial […]

First Lady Jill Biden (D) joined American Federation of Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten for a conference, voicing her support for Critical Race Theory and pushing back against Florida’s opposition.

Less than a week after the Hillsborough County School Board inexplicably struck down the renewal contracts for 4 charter schools, and refused to grant contracts to two other schools, the Florida Department of Education headed up by Commissioner Richard Corcoran, has threatened legal action against the school board for potentially breaking of Florida statute.

When the Hillsborough County School Board recently voted unanimously to deny the renewal contracts of four private charter schools, which are situated in heavily-populated minority communities, it left parents wondering why the board decided to break from the history of accepting charter schools into the school district.

With millions of Americans having received the COVID-19 vaccination, cases of the deadly virus have diminished so much that the Biden administration and state and local officials have begun to reign in restrictions, including mask mandates.

Representative Dan Daley (D-97) has been a champion of children's safety ever since the tragic Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting occurred 3 years ago.

During what is hopefully the beginning of the end of COVID-19,  the question of opening schools around the country has already been the subject of many political talking points. In some states, it's been the issue that matters to most parents.