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Duval Falls Below 100,000 Students as Florida Public School Enrollment Slides and Vouchers Surge

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 Moves to Drop Four Required School Vaccines as the Public Comment Window Closes

EducationCentral Florida

Central Florida School Districts Cut Hundreds of Jobs as Enrollment and State Dollars Slide

Crime & CourtsSouthwest Florida

Venice Teen Charged With Threatening a Mass Shooting as Florida's School Year Begins

EducationTampa Bay

Tampa Bay School Districts Ban Smart Glasses From Classrooms Over Recording and Cheating Concerns

Florida Moves to Drop Four School Vaccine Requirements as Measles Cases Climb

Florida's Voucher Expansion Leaves Millions Unspent, Records Incomplete

Florida Health Department Moves to Drop Four Vaccines From School Requirements

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

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

Half of Florida Children Who Need Mental Health Care Cannot Get It

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

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

Florida Advances Plan to Drop Four School Vaccine Requirements

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

Florida Measles Cases Reach 155 This Year as Kindergarten Vaccination Rates Slide

Florida Charter Schools Hit Record Enrollment as New Year Begins

Florida Students Head Back to Class Under Expanded Cellphone Restrictions

Florida Measles Cases Climb as School Vaccine Mandates Stay in Place

EducationSouthwest Florida

Florida Students Return to Class Under Dangerous Heat Advisories

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

Florida Schools Reopen August 10 Under Expanded Classroom Cellphone Ban

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

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

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

Florida Attorney General Subpoenas General Mills Over a Flour Additive Linked to Cancer

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

About 140 New Florida Laws Take Effect: What Changed on July 1

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

Florida Reports Majority of Students Now Hit Grade Level in Reading and Math

EducationSouth Florida

Broward Schools Cut 300 Staff Positions to Close $90 Million Deficit

EducationCentral Florida

Brevard Public Schools to Cut Staffing by 7% as Falling Enrollment Squeezes the Budget

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

DeSantis Signs Legislation Tightening Union Accountability and Expanding Teacher Bonuses for Florida Schools