South Florida schools see giant enrollment drops, even in Palm Beach County

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/31 1:00A Scott Travis

South Florida s public schools are experiencing a dramatic exodus of students this year, with about 30,000 fewer than a year ago. Broward s enrollment in district and charter schools dropped by 11,369...

Immigration agents signed up to recruit at a California university. Then the protests started

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/28 8:22A Associated Press

By MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN, CalMatters Cal Poly Pomona postponed its annual fall job fair this week after students, alumni and community members criticized its inclusion of Customs and Border Protection as an in-person recruiter, underscoring the...

These colleges are welcoming pets in dorms to reduce students’ stress and anxiety

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/28 4:40A Associated Press

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Crossing paths with dogs, cats and other animals is part of campus life for students at Eckerd College, a liberal arts school in Florida that allows pets to live in dormitories....

Tobacco use in Florida schools spiked this decade. The culprit? Vaping

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/28 12:00A Jeffrey S. Solochek, Nakylah Car

For most of the last decade, Florida schools have struggled to head off a growing challenge: more and more students are vaping. By 2019, the state identified e-cigarettes among the most used substances among middle and high schoolers,...

Florida orders removal of Orlando student road art it promoted 3 months ago

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/27 12:00A Steven Walker

In May, two Lake Nona fourth graders won a Florida Department of Transportation art contest. Their prize: To see their designs painted on bike lanes outside their school. The colorful images had a short shelf life. This week, Laureate Park...

Tale of former UCF cheerleader dropped, injured during practice goes viral

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/25 12:00A Brian Bell

Jayda Redden is used to cheering for others — she s been doing it since she was around 3 years old and was on a mini team coached by her dad. Now hundreds of thousands are cheering for the 19-year-old...

Proposal lists 34 Broward schools ‘to be addressed’ as enrollment declines

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/24 12:45A Scott Travis

A new effort to grapple with dwindling enrollment in Broward schools could impact 34 schools, some of which may be recommended for closure. The School Board is scheduled to hold a workshop on Tuesday to discuss Phase 2 of Redefining Broward...

Privacy and civil rights groups urge US colleges to end campus surveillance to protect protesters

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/21 9:13A Associated Press

By ADAM GELLER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of more than 30 privacy and civil rights groups called on U.S. universities Thursday to dismantle campus surveillance and data collection, to protect student protesters and others from...

Students face new cellphone restrictions in 17 states as school year begins

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/21 3:33A Associated Press

By JEFF AMY, Associated Press Jamel Bishop is seeing a big change in his classrooms as he begins his senior year at Doss High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where cellphones are now banned during...

Broward schools may expand program where officers live on campus

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/20 4:02A Scott Travis

A program that allows police officers to live on Broward school campuses will continue and may even expand, the School Board decided Tuesday, overruling a decision made by district administrators to end the arrangements next year. Board members...

Florida sues textbook companies, claiming they overcharged some schools

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/19 5:47A Skyler Swisher

Florida officials are accusing two publishers of systematically overcharging some school districts for textbooks, including more than $279,000 billed to Osceola County schools. The state is taking...

Oklahoma ideology test for teachers from New York and California draws criticism

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/19 5:24A Associated Press

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JAMIE STENGLE Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state s top education official says is designed to safeguard against...

South Florida childhood vaccination rates plunge. Who is vulnerable, and why?

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/18 1:00A Cindy Krischer Goodman

Despite an outbreak of measles last year in a Weston elementary school, Broward County saw a dramatic drop in its immunization rate for kindergartners in 2025. In Broward, only 82.2% of 2024-25 kindergartners got their required vaccinations — the...

Microschools are growing in popularity, but state regulations haven’t caught up

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/17 3:20A Tribune News Service

By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org When Siri Fiske founded the Mysa Microschool in Washington, D.C., in 2016, there wasn’t a widely accepted term for her small, one-room schoolhouse model. Related Articles Where are the students? Enrollment drops...

Where are the students? Enrollment drops in new places in Broward schools

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 8/17 1:00A Scott Travis

Broward s efforts to improve student performance and convert elementary schools into K-8 academies are showing no signs of reversing a decades-long trend of plummeting enrollment. The school district...