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The GrowinGEERS program won at the 2015 One Spark festival’s Education Awards sponsored by the Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership.Credit Bonnie...

Governor Rick Scott wants Florida lawmakers to spend an extra $200 million to raise per-student spending to another record high. But in order to get...

School choice is a priority for the education advisory committee Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis has convened to help shape his policy goals. The panel met for...

Matiullah Wesa was arrested and spent 215 days in prison. He has been outspoken in his demands for girls to have the right to go to school. The Taliban bar girls from school beyond the sixth grade.

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging Florida’s new congressional map have launched a statewide tour aimed at educating Black voters about changes to the state's U.S. House district lines.

Republican Joe Negron was sworn in as the new President of the Florida Senate last month and he recently laid out his priorities for education in the...

The state Board of Education on Wednesday approved a new rule that will lead to Florida officials publishing an annual list of library books and instructional materials that have drawn public objections, in a move that the board’s chairman said will “provide transparency for our families.”

Under the No Child Left Behind law, states saw low test scores and the lowering of score standards. Advocates for the more rigorous Common Core standards say it will be harder for states to hide their failing schools.

The Florida Department of Education is gearing up to begin crafting rules to carry out a number of measures approved by state lawmakers and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, including some proposals that were among the most controversial issues from the 2023 legislative session.The department is slated on June 9 to hold a series of online rule-development workshops that would help implement the new laws.

Charlie Crist has to close a sale. The one-time Republican governor now wants to become governor as a Democrat. But he needs to convince Democrats he’s…