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EducationTampa Bay

Florida Education Commissioner Orders Districts to Audit Library Books Without Waiting for Parent Complaints

Florida Launches Workforce Pell Grant Funding for Short-Term Career Training

Florida Board of Education Adopts AI Rules for Colleges and Extends Immigration Limits to Career Training

Florida Names First Workforce Pell Programs, Opening Federal Aid to Short-Term Training

Florida Board of Education Approves AI Rules for State Colleges and Turnaround Plans for Two Districts

National NewsCentral Florida

Florida Names First Short-Term Programs Eligible for New Federal Workforce Pell Grants

Florida Names Math, Science and ESE Among High-Demand Teacher Areas for 2026-27

Florida Board of Education Adopts AI Rules Requiring Parents to Opt Students In

Florida's New AI Rules for Schools: What Parents and Students Need to Know Before the 2027-28 School Year

Research on a Florida District's Bell-to-Bell Phone Ban Shows Fewer Distractions and Better Attendance

Florida Schools Begin First Full Year of Communism History Standards

Florida Public School Enrollment Falls as Voucher Program Keeps Growing

Florida Universities to Bar Undocumented Students Starting in 2027-28

EducationSouth Florida

Florida Begins Teaching History of Communism Standards in Public Schools

Technology & Science

Florida Board of Education Weighs AI Rules for Schools and Colleges September 16

Florida Prepares AI Rules for Its Colleges and Universities With a Vote Set for September 16

Florida's Voucher Expansion Leaves Millions Unspent, Records Incomplete

Henry Mack Steps into Education Commissioner Role as Florida Enters New School Year

Florida Becomes First State to Answer U.S. Education Department's Postsecondary Excellence Call

EducationSouth Florida

Miami-Dade's New Schools Chief Takes Over Weeks Earlier Than Planned

Florida Students Return to Tighter Cellphone Rules as New School Year Begins

Cursive, Sports Transfers and Record Funding: Florida's New School Year Rules

Florida Puts $2.4 Million Into Speech and Debate Across All 67 Districts

Florida's Bell to Bell Phone Ban Reaches Every District This Year

Florida Students Return to Bell-to-Bell Phone Bans and Mandatory Cursive Instruction

Florida Students Return to Tighter Phone Rules as the 2026-27 School Year Begins

Florida Opens the 2026-27 School Year With $1.56 Billion for Teacher Pay and Fewer Classroom Vacancies

Florida Schools Open 2026-27 Year with Later Bells, New Safety Tools, and Fresh Leadership at the Top

Florida Charter Schools Hit Record Enrollment as New Year Begins

Florida Students Head Back to Class Under Expanded Cellphone Restrictions

EducationSouthwest Florida

Florida Students Return to Class Under Dangerous Heat Advisories

Florida Board of Education Takes Up AI Rules for Schools With Student Data at the Center

Florida Students Return to Classrooms Under the State's Expanded Cellphone Restrictions

Florida Schools Reopen August 10 Under Expanded Classroom Cellphone Ban

Florida College Immigration Status Rule Takes Hold as Fall Enrollment Begins

Florida Students Head Back to Class Under a Tougher Bell-to-Bell Phone Ban

Florida Opens a First-in-the-Nation Resiliency Endorsement for Teachers

Bell-to-Bell Phone Ban Takes Hold in Florida Schools This Year

Florida's Classroom Phone Rules Take Hold as the State Studies a Full-Day High School Ban

DeSantis Taps Henry Mack, a Federal Labor Official, as Florida's Next Education Commissioner

DeSantis Taps Henry Mack to Lead Florida Schools as Education Chief

Florida Expands School Cell Phone Ban to the Full Day for K-8 as New Year Nears

Florida Releases 2026 School Grades: 77% Earn an A or B

Florida's Expanded School Cell Phone Ban Takes Effect, With Bell-to-Bell Pilot Coming to High Schools

Florida Students Post Gains on 2026 FAST Exams as Reading and Math Scores Climb

Florida Reports Over 60% of Students Now at or Above Grade Level in Reading and Math

Florida Says More Than 60% of Students Now Read and Do Math at Grade Level, a State First

EducationTampa Bay

Florida Awards $3 Million to Pasco-Hernando State College for Aviation Mechanic Training Push

Florida Education Association Lawsuit Challenges School Choice Accountability

Florida Launches FACT U.S. History Course as Homegrown Alternative to College Board's Advanced Placement Program