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Tobacco use in Florida schools spiked this decade. The culprit? Vaping

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/28 12:00A Jeffrey S. Solochek, Nakylah Car
For most of the last decade, Florida schools have struggled to head off a growing challenge: more and more students are vaping. By 2019, the state identified e-cigarettes among the most used substances among middle and high schoolers,...

Florida orders removal of Orlando student road art it promoted 3 months ago

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/27 12:00A Steven Walker
In May, two Lake Nona fourth graders won a Florida Department of Transportation art contest. Their prize: To see their designs painted on bike lanes outside their school. The colorful images had a short shelf life. This week, Laureate Park...

Proposal lists 34 Broward schools ‘to be addressed’ as enrollment declines

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/24 12:45A Scott Travis
A new effort to grapple with dwindling enrollment in Broward schools could impact 34 schools, some of which may be recommended for closure. The School Board is scheduled to hold a workshop on Tuesday to discuss Phase 2 of Redefining Broward...

Miami Graduate Survey

Coral Gables Senior High 8/22 3:38A
Help us plan for the future of Miami-Dade County Public Schools! Take the Portrait of a Miami Graduate survey. It’s short, anonymous, and takes less than five minutes. We want to know what skills and qualities you think every student should have...

Broward schools may expand program where officers live on campus

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/20 4:02A Scott Travis
A program that allows police officers to live on Broward school campuses will continue and may even expand, the School Board decided Tuesday, overruling a decision made by district administrators to end the arrangements next year. Board members...

Oklahoma ideology test for teachers from New York and California draws criticism

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/19 5:24A Associated Press
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JAMIE STENGLE Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state s top education official says is designed to safeguard against...

South Florida childhood vaccination rates plunge. Who is vulnerable, and why?

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/18 1:00A Cindy Krischer Goodman
Despite an outbreak of measles last year in a Weston elementary school, Broward County saw a dramatic drop in its immunization rate for kindergartners in 2025. In Broward, only 82.2% of 2024-25 kindergartners got their required vaccinations — the...

Microschools are growing in popularity, but state regulations haven’t caught up

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/17 3:20A Tribune News Service
By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org When Siri Fiske founded the Mysa Microschool in Washington, D.C., in 2016, there wasn’t a widely accepted term for her small, one-room schoolhouse model. Related Articles Where are the students? Enrollment drops...
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