Report details Florida teacher needs in special education, math and English
The State Board of Education on Wednesday took up a report that showed the greatest needs for teachers in areas such as exceptional student education, math and English.
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The State Board of Education on Wednesday took up a report that showed the greatest needs for teachers in areas such as exceptional student education, math and English.
The Florida governor joked about delivering the wager payoff straight to Marco Island, where he says many Hoosiers spend the winter.
The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans.
Classes at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami are canceled Tuesday.
Members of the Broward County School Board responded to comments by Gov. Ron DeSantis labeling the district a "disaster."
Republican attorneys general from 21 states are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to uphold a 2023 Florida law that led to books being removed from school libraries.
Broward school officials say declining enrollment and budget shortfalls are the reasons behind the consideration.
Broward school officials said declining enrollment is the reason they are considering closing or consolidating some campuses.
School choice advocate Erika Donalds called the publicly funded schools a "national model" and defended millions paid to vendors she was tied to.
A trial has been set for August 2026 in a lawsuit challenging the transfer of prime Miami real estate to be used for President Donald Trump's presidential library.
From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families as President Trump's immigration crackdown makes itself felt in numerous ways.
Critics are warning that Florida's new social studies standards rehabilitate aspects of McCarthyism and the anti-communist Red Scare.
The State Board of Education signed off on Florida becoming the first state to adopt the Heritage Foundation's "Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education."
Students in Florida's public schools will soon be learning an interpretation of McCarthyism and the Cold War that is steeped in rhetoric of that era.
"Our biggest goal is to try and break the cycle of poverty by giving them education and not only a college degree, but also a trade or a career, anything that can help them earn a living," said Stephanie Trump.
Jim DeFede talks with Randi Weingarten about the warning bell she rings in her new book, "Why Fascists Fear Teachers."
The directive came after the Trump administration this month said it would require $100,000 fees for foreign-born people to obtain H-1B visas. DeSantis described many H-1B hires as "cheap labor" to save money.
Attorneys for the board members filed a notice that is a first step in asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a decision issued last week.
Student lunch debt has soared to nearly $200 million nationwide. Good Samaritans are stepping up to help.
Even before the school year began, officials had warned of a possible drop in enrollment.
Fewer students mean less state funding, leaving the Broward County School District struggling to sustain underenrolled campuses.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with Karla Hernandez-Mats, former president of the United Teachers of Dade, who is now the President of Educated We Stand.
Florida's board of education signed off Wednesday on a major expansion of charter schools in the state, clearing the way for the privately run schools to "co-locate" inside traditional public schools.
The move comes as some public schools are closing their doors as they grapple with declining enrollments, aging facilities and post-pandemic student struggles.
Teachers from across the U.S. this summer took part in a program for educators at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby means more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
Rain chances roll back in on Sunday, but we dry out later in the week.
Air traffic control audio records showed the exchanges between controllers and the pilots of some of Spirit Airlines' final flights
The U.S. accuses Sinaloa Gov. Ruben Rocha Moya of working with cartels to distribute "massive quantities" of narcotics to the United States.
Homicide bureau detectives are now leading the investigation.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby means more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
Rain chances roll back in on Sunday, but we dry out later in the week.
Air traffic control audio records showed the exchanges between controllers and the pilots of some of Spirit Airlines' final flights
Homicide bureau detectives are now leading the investigation.
Cameron Rider's fatigue, body aches and fever were diagnosed as pneumonia, but he couldn't seem to get better.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
State lawmakers approved the new map, which deeply affects both Wasserman Schultz and fellow Democratic congressman Jared Moskowitz.
The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble to redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act.
The new measures increase pressure on foreign financial institutions by threatening their access to U.S. markets if they continue to work with Cuban government entities.
A federal judge scolded prosecutors for pushing to move forward with detention proceedings for accused correspondents' dinner gunman Cole Allen, even though Allen agreed to remain in custody.
President Trump said earlier this week he was reviewing the possible reduction of troops in Germany, which hosts more than 35,000 U.S. service members.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby means more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.