Broward teachers to decide fate of union in long-awaited election

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 7/10 9:15A Lauren Brensel

The Broward Teachers Union is facing a long-awaited vote to determine whether the group can still exist. The vote for recertification comes two years after a state law left it more challenging for public-employee unions to keep operating. The...

A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 7/10 5:52A Associated Press

By HOLLY MEYER NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the...

What Trump’s big tax law could mean for the youngest Americans

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 7/9 1:34A Associated Press

By MORIAH BALINGIT, Associated Press Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The impact of the massive spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day is expected to filter...

South Florida school districts maintain A grades

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 7/7 8:35A Scott Travis

South Florida school districts are celebrating a stellar showing with school grades this year, with each earning an A grade, based on student achievement. Broward received its first A grade since 2011...

Federal trial starts over Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activists

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 7/7 6:27A Associated Press

By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the  Trump administration campaign  of arresting and deporting faculty and students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations argued Monday it was an...

Trump administration freezes funding for after-school, child care programs

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 7/7 5:45A Michael Cuglietta, Steven Walker

A Trump administration budget freeze could mean millions of dollars lost for school districts and other educational institutions across Florida that offer after-school and summer programs, including...

UPenn to ban transgender athletes, feds say, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 7/1 10:28A Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female...

DeSantis signs ‘Schools of Hope’ charter expansion

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 7/1 10:25A News Service Of Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that could help expand charter schools known as “schools of hope.” The bill (SB 2510), which is linked to the new state budget, drew debate before passing the Legislature on June 16. Charter schools are...

Billions in grants for summer school, English instruction delayed during Trump administration...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 7/1 10:25A Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY and BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is withholding more than $6 billion in federal grants for afterschool and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and...

Republican plan for nationwide private school vouchers deemed in violation of Senate rules

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/27 7:10A Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican plan to expand private school vouchers nationwide was dealt a major setback Friday when the Senate parliamentarian said the proposal would run afoul of procedural rules. The...

Rural schools feel the pinch from Trump administration’s cuts to mental health grants

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/27 6:28A Associated Press

By ANNIE MA, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In parts of rural upstate New York, schools have more than 1,100 students for every mental health provider. In a far-flung region with little public...

Florida will help create less ‘woke’ college accrediting body, DeSantis says

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/26 6:43A Scott Travis

Florida will join some other Southern states to form a new less woke accrediting body to set standards for state universities, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday. The new Commission for Public...

‘Betrayal’: Donor yanks $1M from FIU over undocumented student tuition hike

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/26 5:47A Garrett Shanley

Miami businessman and philanthropist Miguel “Mike” Fernandez has suspended a $1 million donation to Florida International University in protest of Florida’s decision to strip in-state tuition benefits from undocumented students — a policy that...

Majority of US adults support religious chaplains in public schools, a new poll shows

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/26 5:31A Associated Press

By HOLLY MEYER and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX WASHINGTON (AP) — Few U.S. adults support allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools, but a majority favors allowing religious chaplains to provide support services for public...

Florida students show across-the-board growth on state math, reading tests

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/26 3:42A Steven Walker

Florida public school students showed significant growth on mathematics and reading exams this year, improving their passing rates on the high-stakes tests compared to last year, according to data released by the Florida Department of Education...