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Florida would boast the second-highest starting salaries for teachers in the country under a new plan from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis wants...

The chair of the Florida Board of Education said recommending that school board members are removed from office is on the table.

School grades for the 2022-23 school year were released by the Florida Department of Education on Monday with Collier and Sarasota counties posting the only 'A' grades among Southwest Florida districts.As a part of Florida’s first-in-the-nation transition to using progress monitoring instead of traditional high stakes testing, grades for the 2022-2023 school year serve as a baseline and carry no negative consequences.

Students returning to school have lost out on weeks of instruction, putting them behind on the year’s planned curriculum. But more serious, say some experts, are long-term effects on a student’s physical and emotional health.

When a disaster like Hurricane Ian occurs, one of the many organizations that responds is called the Florida Extension Disaster Education Network (Florida EDEN). They work year-round developing resources to help Extension educators communicate with their communities about disasters like Hurricane Ian. Extension educators in Florida are professionals who work for the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension program. They are responsible for providing educational programs and resources to residents of Florida on a wide range of topics related to agriculture, natural resources, family and consumer sciences, and 4-H youth development.

When a disaster like Hurricane Ian occurs, one of the many organizations that responds is called the Florida Extension Disaster Education Network (Florida EDEN). They work year-round developing resources to help Extension educators communicate with their communities about disasters like Hurricane Ian. Extension educators in Florida are professionals who work for the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension program. They are responsible for providing educational programs and resources to residents of Florida on a wide range of topics related to agriculture, natural resources, family and consumer sciences, and 4-H youth development.

In this installment from the StoryCorps Mobile Tour visit to Fort Myers in Feb. 2024, Doug MacGregor interviews his friend Joy Perez about her life including growing up in Ohio, the Kent State shooting, relocating to Southwest Florida, her 34 year-long teaching career with Lee County Schools, and continuing to give back now, while in retirement.

Belle Theatre Director of Theatre Education Dana Alvarez chosen as one of six theatre educators from around the world to participate in the 11th Annual Freddie G Fellowship in New York.