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Polk County School District

Tampa Bay area students getting active on gun control

In Polk County, Florida, one student activist who is taking on the issue of gun control is Kala Tedder; she is a senior at George Jenkins High School. She’s also dual enrolled at Polk State...

Why Polk County school board joined lawsuit against HB 7069

Several school districts in Florida have joined a legal challenge against a new law that would siphon money away from public schools and send it to charter schools and other alternatives; one of the counties...

The looming teacher shortage in Florida; low-wage workers demand a living wage at McDonald’s HQ in Chicago

By Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Wednesday we first looked at the local fight for a livable, $15 an hour wage that took two fast food workers to McDonalds’ headquarters to protest at the company’s annual...

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