education

A First Amendment fight about access in school libraries to the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” now incudes the Escambia County school system.

Passidomo highlighted steps to take "the first step towards reducing onerous and excessive regulations” on public schools.

Florida education officials approved rules that could help set the stage for special magistrates to hear disputes about objections to books.

A House Democrat on Tuesday filed a bill for the 2024 legislative session that seeks to raise teachers’ minimum base salaries to $65,000.

The Escambia County School Board urged a judge to toss out a lawsuit challenging the removal or restriction of books in school libraries.

Sextortion in Tampa Bay The FBI Tampa Field Office has seen an increase in sextortion cases targeting teenage boys. Both the FBI and the St Petersburg Police Department are encouraging victims to come forward.  ...

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Florida's 2022 Parental Rights in Education law that restricts teaching gender identity.

Lawsuit filed against limiting college instruction Students, professors, and supporters of New College filed a lawsuit against the University System of Florida’s Board of Governors and the New College Board of Trustees over a law...

Gender studies at New College of Florida Gender studies could be phased out at New College of Florida beginning in 2024. A motion to start that process passed at a New College Board of Trustees...

Orange County prosecutor suspended Orange County State Attorney Monique Worrell railed against Gov. Ron DeSantis in a press conference yesterday. DeSantis accused Worrell of “neglect of duty and incompetence”. U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, whose district...

School districts around Florida are taking a patchwork of approaches to a college-credit psychology course, amid a dustup between Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and the College Board.

Florida’s restrictions on instruction about sexual orientation & gender identity have “effectively banned” an AP psychology course.