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In March of this year, Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB1 into law — expanding the voucher program and significantly increasing taxpayer funding for private schools. The new law eliminates the current financial eligibility restrictions and allows any student who is a resident of Florida and eligible to enroll in K-12 public schools to participate. The new universal voucher program is estimated to cost $4 billion in the first year of implementation alone, according to a cost analysis by Florida Policy Institute and the Education Law Center. We get some context on the new law, and the history of how vouchers work in Florida, with Dr. Norín Dollard, Senior Policy Analyst and KIDS COUNT Director at the Florida Policy Institute; and Damaris Allen, Executive director of Coral Gables-based Families for Strong Public Schools.

Florida’s largest teachers union is calling for a 10-year, $22 billion investment into the state’s public schools. The Florida Education Association is...

Education has been a top issue in Florida’s race for governor. School funding. College tuition and scholarships. Teacher training, evaluation and pay.…

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis has released a detailed education platform. The former congressman says he wants 80 percent of K-12...

The lawsuit comes two weeks after the Trump administration first notified states it was withholding previously approved funds for migrant education, before- and after- school programs and more.

Florida is on of 45 states moving to new education standards known as Common Core. The standards outline what students should know at the end of each…

Florida education commissioner Richard Corcoran defended two decades of Republican reforms in front of a hostile crowd of Miami-Dade and Broward county...

Students would need their parents’ consent to receive sex education under a bill moving forward in the legislature. The measure’s sponsor, Rep. Linda Chaney (R-St. Petersburg) says parents and grandparents in her district were denied access to view materials used in school sex education courses. She says her bill will make parents more involved and provide greater transparency on what’s taught in sex ed.

It's been just days since President Obama signed into law the new Every Child Succeeds Act, doing away with No Child Left Behind. State lawmakers likely...

Florida Senate Republicans are pushing a new scholarship program that expands school choice. The proposed Family Empowerment Scholarship would pay for...