Krishna lunch on University of Florida campus suspended: report

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/3 1:39A Richard Tribou

The University of Florida has suspended the on-campus lunch service provided by the Hare Krishna, according to a report from the Independent Florida Alligator. The organization that has served lunch on the Plaza of the Americas for more than half...

Broward School Board used closed-door meeting to end weight-loss drug coverage

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/20 3:07A Scott Travis

The Broward School Board agreed to stop paying for popular weight-loss medicines for its employees during a recent closed-door meeting — a move that legal experts and the teachers union say may have violated the state s open-government law. It s...

Florida law professor faces 50 counts of child porn possession

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/18 7:33A Steven Walker

An Orlando law professor faces 50 counts of child pornography possession following his Wednesday arrest, Orange County Jail records show. Glen-Peter Ahlers, 70, taught at Barry University’s law campus in Orlando and has been a professor at the...

‘Professor Uthmeier’: Inside Florida attorney general’s $100k teaching job at UF

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/18 2:35A Garrett Shanley

Within months of Gov. Ron DeSantis handpicking him as Florida’s new attorney general last winter, James Uthmeier landed a lucrative side gig: a $100,000-a-year teaching assignment at University of Florida’s law school for just two hours of...

Florida sports school to pay $1.7M for taking students with Mexican cartel ties

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/17 5:22A Carter Weinhofer

MIAMI – Bradenton’s IMG Academy agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle a potential liability suit after allowing two students with ties to the Mexican cartel to attend the school. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...

Justice Department sues Harvard for data as it investigates how race factors into admissions

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/13 5:33A Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is suing  Harvard University , saying it has refused to provide admissions records that the Justice Department demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped...

Teachers describe immigration enforcement’s impact on classrooms in challenge of Trump policy

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/13 4:51A Associated Press

By MORIAH BALINGIT In one testimonial after another, teachers detailed all the ways President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has shaped their work and the lives of their students. In a court filing Thursday, educators around the country...

Broward schools to pay $270,000 to settle Handy office lease dispute

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/11 11:36P Scott Travis

The Broward School Board has agreed to spend about $270,000 to settle a lawsuit over a canceled office lease that became a symbol of wasteful spending. Including rental payments the district had previously made, the lease with the nonprofit group...

Florida’s top universities could lose millions with out-of-state cap

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/11 4:58A Camila Gomez

Cutting the percentage of out-of-state students enrolled in Florida’s top public universities would cost the schools millions of dollars, but they should be able to “work that out,” said the Polk County lawmaker proposing the change. Rep....

In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/6 4:58A Associated Press

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS, AP Education Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In some ways, 10-year-old Giancarlo is one of the lucky ones. He still goes to school. Each morning, he and his family bundle up and...

Audit blasts actions that resulted in bonuses for top Broward school administrators

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/5 1:39A Scott Travis

Broward school administrators failed to adequately inform the School Board or the public of a controversial plan to give high-paid administrators bonuses of up to $14,000, a school district audit has concluded. The report, completed by the office...

Trump demands $1 billion from Harvard as a prolonged standoff appears to deepen

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/3 5:36A Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is demanding a $1 billion payment from Harvard University to end his prolonged standoff with the Ivy League campus, doubling the amount he sought previously as both...

A year later, new Broward schools watchdog hasn’t yet released findings of investigations

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/1 12:00A Scott Travis

A year after the Broward School District contracted with the county s Office of Inspector General to help it root out waste, fraud and abuse, the watchdog agency has yet to produce any reports identifying problems. Inspector General Carol Jodie...

Your baby could qualify for $1,000 with a Trump Account. Here’s what to know

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/28 3:58A Associated Press

By MAKIYA SEMINERA and MORIAH BALINGIT, Associated Press Education Writer As a continuation of President  Donald Trump   s pitch to Americans on affordability and the economy under his administration, the U.S. Treasury and White House are...

Florida could ban foreign H-1B visa faculty at state universities until 2027

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/26 11:00P Steven Walker

Florida could bar its public universities from hiring foreign faculty on H-1B visas for the next year, a move called potentially devastating to science departments at state schools. Just months after Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wanted to “pull the...