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Palm Beach County schools quietly drop sex education course

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/9 1:00A Scott Travis
A sex education course offered yearly to help students avoid pregnancy, disease and dating violence has been quietly scrapped by the Palm Beach County School District. The school district is the...

Costs of child care now outpace college tuition in 38 states, analysis finds

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/8 3:05A Tribune News Service
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org The cost of child care now exceeds the price of college tuition in 38 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new analysis conducted by the Economic Policy Institute. Related Articles Education | Oklahoma...

Facing Trump’s threats, Columbia investigates students critical of Israel

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/6 2:38A Associated Press
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University senior Maryam Alwan was visiting family in Jordan over winter break when she received an email from the school accusing her of discriminatory harassment. Her supposed top...

School start times, student testing lead Florida Senate education agenda

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/4 3:21A Jeffrey S. Solochek
Florida senators took a step Monday toward reversing a 2023 mandate that public high schools in the state push their start times back to 8:30 a.m. or later. The Education PreK-12 Committee also advanced a 107-page measure that would eliminate...

Broward sex education in question due to delays in state approval

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/1 1:00A Scott Travis
Sex education in Broward schools could look dramatically different this year with the major focus being on abstinence. It s also possible the curriculum might not even be offered at all. The state Department of Education has yet to approve a sex...

Federal lawsuit raises fears about student disability protections

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/24 7:04A Steven Walker
Florida is one of 17 states suing the federal government over changes to disability law made by the Biden administration, and parents and advocates fear the legal battle could have “catastrophic” results for some students with disabilities. At...

South Florida schools say they comply with Trump DEI restrictions

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/22 10:50P Scott Travis
South Florida schools, once champions in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, are now reviewing their programs and curricula to ensure they don t face backlash from the Trump administration, which has taken aim at what it see as wokeness in...

Schools around the US confront anxiety over Trump’s actions on immigration

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/18 1:25A Associated Press
By MORIAH BALINGIT, BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and JOCELYN GECKER, Associated Press Education Writers In Fresno, California, social media rumors about impending immigration raids at the city’s schools left some parents panicking — even though the...

Watch: Linda McMahon testifies at education secretary confirmation hearing

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/13 4:00A Staff And Wire Reports
Linda McMahon testified at a Senate confirmation hearing on her nomination to be education secretary. Democrats grilled McMahon on her willingness to execute Trump’s plan to shut down the Department of Education, which opponents say would...
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