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A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.

“We suspect that the time is fast approaching when even the most conservative of his colleagues will tire of his antics,” the News-Journal wrote of Joe Mullins, above, in an editorial today. (© FlaglerLive) A Daytona Beach News-Journal editorial It would be silly to pretend that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t matter in Flagler County. Of course it does. It matters in every corner of the county: In the workplaces, the schools, the libraries, on the streets. It matters in sprawling, suburba...

News-Journal editorial board It would be silly to pretend that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t matter in Flagler County. Of course it does. It matters in every corner of the county: In the workplaces, the schools, the libraries, on the streets. It matters in sprawling, suburban Palm Coast; in Bunnell’s county seat; in tiny communities like Korona that have identities but no legal form. It matters in the dozens of houses of worship across the county. It matters in Flagler County’s elections ...

Pasco schools under investigation over data sharing with sheriff Jeffrey S. Solochek, Tampa Bay Times © Douglas R. Clifford/Times Caitlin Al-Mutawa, of Tampa, a speech-language pathologist with Veterans Elementary School in Wesley Chapel, speaks out against student information and data sharing between the Pasco County Schools and the Pasco County Sheriffs Office during a Pasco School Board meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Land O Lakes. A program in which the Pasco County...

Florida schools can’t warn of threats they don’t know about, judge says A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.     Students are brought out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High after the 2018 shooting. A judge found the school district wasnt responsible for warning students and staff about the potential threat of the shooter. (Getty Images 2018) Published Feb. 9 School safety remains a priority for Floridians, still heightened since the 2018 shooting massacre at...

Updated Feb. 4 Another legislative session, another spate of hot-button education issues likely to generate animated debate with the likelihood of pushing lawmakers to the final days before a vote. Already on the front burner are vouchers, mandatory moments of silence and more. Read on for the latest on this and other Florida education news. Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed letting parents retain their children because of learning losses last spring. A Democratic senator is advancing the concept in l...

Coronavirus takes its toll on Florida students’ grades A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.   Published Dec. 18, 2020 Grace before grades? Grades before grace? Maybe a little of each? Teachers in Florida, as around the nation, have a tough task when determining how to rate their students’ performance in a pandemic. The decisions take on a greater significance this winter, as the state has told schools to encourage “failing” students in remote learni...