education

A Florida House panel debated a proposal to teach about the history of communism in grades as low as kindergarten.

Critics of the measure, including some teachers, say it's a distraction from the Legislature taking steps to improve education.

Florida’s annual 60-day legislative session reached its halfway point Wednesday. Here are updates on 10 big issues in the session.

Hernando considers books in schools The Hernando School Board will consider three books for removal at tonight’s 6 o’clock meeting. the board is considering removing the books: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White...

Analysts from the Florida Policy Institute join us to talk about the 2024 State budget and the latest pending legislation on child labor, education, criminal justice, and immigration policies. Find out what the legislature...

Some of the bill’s supporters saying Florida's corporal punishment bill doesn’t go far enough in curbing the disciplinary practice.

Listen: A disastrous rollout left many Florida families without school voucher funds. A house bill that advanced Tuesday is seeking to make some changes. Last year, Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1, one of...

The Florida Legislature is in session and Tuesday Cafe looks at the wide-ranging topic of education in Florida.

A federal judge says a First Amendment challenge can proceed against the Escambia County School Board on access to school library books.

The bill removes a requirement that high-school students pass the state’s tenth-grade English-language arts exams in order to graduate.

The school deregulation bills would cut “red tape” on things like testing and accountability, financial requirements and personnel decisions.

Florida lawmakers will start the annual 60-day legislative session on Jan. 9. These are some issues they'll tackle.