The Addition Financial Foundation will unveil renovated “needs spaces” at four Central Florida public schools to support ...

___ This story was produced by Fresh Take Florida, a news service of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. The reporter can be reached at lauren.brensel@ufl.edu.

In April, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law similar to Florida's current rules, and New York just added a bell-to-bell ban for K-12 schools as part of an agreement on its state budget.

Acclaimed classic “ The Handmaid’s Tale ” is one of the most-removed books in Florida schools. New lists from a nonprofit advocacy group and the Florida Department of Education both place ...

(Cellphones) steal from learning time,” Superintendent Tim Doak said. “That’s what we’re trying to limit in our schools.” ...

When can school start in Florida for the 2025-2026 school year? Florida law prohibits schools from starting any earlier than Aug. 10. For the 2025-2026 school year, Aug. 10 falls on a Sunday.

A troubling number of Floridians do not trust K-12 schools. That is one of the key takeaways of a poll of 1,234 likely Florida voters conducted by the Institute for Governance and Civics at ...

Less than 4% of schools earned a “D” or an “F,” down from 6% in 2023. “This year’s school grades reflect Florida’s steadfast commitment to excellence in education,” Commissioner of ...

South Florida schools counted more than 154,000 of these students. Chronic absenteeism skyrocketed statewide more than 50% from 2018-19 to 2023-24, the most recent year available, a South Florida ...