Torey Alston cleared in ethics complaint filed by Broward School Board member

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/12 12:45P Scott Travis

Former Broward School Board member Torey Alston violated no state ethics laws related to actions taken to settle a $120 million settlement to county charter schools, some of which did business with his wife, a state ethics panel has concluded....

Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/12 8:44A Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already...

‘Alarming’ national data: Teens use cellphones for quarter of school day

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/12 7:53A Stacker

By Marianna McMurdock – The 74 As districts and government officials nationwide consider curbing smartphones’ reach, new research has revealed teens miss at least one and a half hours of school...

Schools use AI to monitor kids, hoping to prevent violence. Our investigation found security risks

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/12 6:53A Associated Press

By CLAIRE BRYAN of The Seattle Times and SHARON LURYE of The Associated Press One student asked a search engine, “Why does my boyfriend hit me?” Another threatened suicide in an email to an unrequited...

The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/12 1:44A Associated Press

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS, Associated Press Education Writer As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department , officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities: civil rights enforcement to...

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...

Eyeing a friendly Supreme Court, Republicans push for the Ten Commandments in schools

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/4 8:33A Tribune News Service

By Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline.org Testing constitutional limits, Republicans in at least 15 states have introduced legislation this year that would require the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms. Related Articles...

Colleges fare better on average as ADL grades them on antisemitism for a second time

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/4 5:34A Andrew Lapin

For the second time, the Anti-Defamation League is issuing grades to colleges and universities based on their handling of antisemitism and anti-Israel activism. And at a time when the Trump administration has made colleges with pro-Palestinian...

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...

Senate will vote on confirming Linda McMahon to lead an education agency Trump has vowed to close

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 3/3 3:54A Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is voting Monday on whether to confirm former wrestling executive  Linda McMahon  as the nation’s education chief, a role that would place her atop a department that President Donald Trump has vilified and vowed to...

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...

Teachers union sues over Trump administration’s deadline to end school diversity programs

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/26 1:27A Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any...

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...