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Judge won’t allow jury in ex-deputy’s trial to visit Parkland shooting scene

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/1 11:07A Rafael Olmeda
The jury deciding the negligence case against former Broward Sheriff s Deputy Scot Peterson won t be allowed to visit the scene where a gunman murdered 17 students and faculty, nor will jurors be allowed to stand where Peterson took cover while...

Stanford team makes electronic skin that can sense touch

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/1 8:40A Lisa Krieger
Stanford scientists have developed a soft and stretchable electronic skin that can directly talk to the brain, imitating the sensory feedback of real skin using a strategy that, if improved, could...

Florida’s new voucher law allows private schools to boost revenue

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/1 3:56A Jeffrey S. Solochek
Preparing for classes to resume next fall, St. Paul Catholic School in St. Petersburg told its families not to expect much difference in its tuition charges. That changed after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a measure making state-funded...

FAU COVID shutdown case goes to Florida Supreme Court

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/31 6:29A News Service Of Florida
A lawsuit stemming from the shutdown of Florida Atlantic University’s campus early in the COVID-19 pandemic has gone to the state Supreme Court. An attorney for students filed a notice late Friday that is a first step in asking the Supreme Court...

School Board postpones vote on clear backpacks after parent cites a state law

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/30 12:34P Scott Travis
A Broward schools clear backpack requirement could be delayed or derailed after a parent found an obscure state law to slow down the plan. The School Board is postponing a vote on requiring clear backpacks for the new school year from June 13 to...

Three outsiders chosen as Broward superintendent finalists

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/30 7:06A Scott Travis
The search for the next Broward schools superintendent is down to three candidates, and one of them is not longtime administrator Valerie Wanza, an employee favorite. Each School Board member picked up to three people among a group of seven...

School uniforms could be required in Broward schools

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/29 1:00A Scott Travis
Broward students may have to replace those hoodies and leisure shorts with polos and khakis when they step onto school campuses. The Broward School Board is considering requiring uniforms or a unified dress code starting in the 2024-25 school...

DeSantis’ book banning in schools spreads across nation, critics say

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/26 7:11A Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE — As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, laws pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books not only in Florida schools but also in an increasing number of other conservative states....

Florida book bans could spread under new rule, critics say

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/24 2:14P Leslie Postal
Soon after Gov. Ron DeSantis and his staff denounced several books found in school libraries as “shocking, graphic” and not suitable for children, Orange County Public Schools pulled two of those volumes from its campus libraries. “State...
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