Anti-bullying parade and education event in Fort Lauderdale | PHOTOS

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/14 3:39A Amy Beth Bennett

More than a hundred local students participated in the Anti-Bullying Parade and Education Event hosted by Broward County Parks on Monday, Oct. 13, at Roosevelt Gardens Park in Fort Lauderdale. The Dillard High School Marching Band led the...

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation donating $50 million to historically Black Atlanta colleges

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/13 6:35A Associated Press

By MICHAEL WARREN ATLANTA (AP) — The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation announced a $50 million donation to Atlanta’s historically Black colleges and universities on Monday, aiming to close financial aid gaps that might otherwise prevent students...

Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/13 6:17A Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings , threatening new disruption to the nation’s...

Law aimed at punishing Trump protesters is used against UF fans who rushed football field

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/13 4:32A Olivia Evans

GAINESVILLE — Four exuberant football fans who rushed the field after the University of Florida s upset win over Texas are facing first-of-their-kind, felony trespass charges under a new law a Republican senator said was intended to punish...

When human bones turn up in South Florida, this professor and her students get the call

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/13 2:00A Shira Moolten

The discovery of what appeared to be a human femur and pelvic bone might have unnerved the construction workers who unearthed them near Lake Worth Beach last week, but for Dr. Heather Walsh-Haney and...

MIT president says she ‘cannot support’ proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/10 6:17A Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a  White House proposal  that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump...

What Florida’s push to roll back vaccines means for college students

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/7 10:00P Tribune News Service

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay Times Florida colleges and universities may soon be the only ones in the country without vaccine mandates. State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced a plan in early September to revoke all state vaccine requirements,...

How to Use a 5th Grade Halloween Escape Room in Your Classroom

Teaching in the Heart of Florida 10/5 8:00P Rissa

October 6, 2025 Halloween week in the classroom is always… a lot. The moment kids walk through the door, they’re buzzing about costumes, candy, and Halloween trick-or-treating plans. You’ve still got...

Florida again leads U.S. in book bans in 2024-25, free speech group says

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/2 7:15A Steven Walker

Florida leads the U.S. in school book bans in the most recent school year, marking the third straight year the state topped an annual list compiled by free speech group PEN America. The Sunshine State saw 2,304 “instances of book banning” across...

A student ‘womb service’ works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/2 6:55A Associated Press

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO CHICAGO (AP) — College student Maya Roman has the handoff down to a science: a text message, a walk to a designated site, and a paper bag delivered with condoms and Plan B...

Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/2 5:07A Associated Press

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for...

Florida SAT scores increase in 2025, but still lag national averages

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/1 8:23A Steven Walker

Florida’s SAT scores increased this year after dropping four years in a row. The state continues to lag the national average, but remains among the better scorers among states with high participation rates. Florida’s average SAT score rose to 970...

How the government shutdown will affect student loans, FAFSA and the Education Department

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/1 1:51A Associated Press

By ANNIE MA, Associated Press Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Already diminished by cuts by the Trump administration, the U.S. Education Department will see more of its work come to a halt due to the government shutdown . The department says...

Have your child’s classmates had shots? In Florida, good luck finding out.

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/28 1:00A Annie Martin

Florida is no longer publishing vaccination rates for individual public school campuses, leaving the public without a key piece of information to protect children as state leaders say they intend to end longstanding requirements for students to...

How Florida educators’ comments about Charlie Kirk are testing free speech rights

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/27 1:00A Scott Travis

Florida s public universities have made a commitment to free speech, enacting a policy in 2022 that promises not to stifle the dissemination of any ideas, even if other members of our community may find those ideas abhorrent. But now, Florida...