Education

James Annarelli has worked at Eckerd for 32 years and is currently the vice president for student life and dean of students.

WUSF is bringing you the stories of Tampa Bay area residents who have been saddled with student loan debt.

He said he had “grave concerns” about the plaintiffs’ legal standing to pursue blocking the law.

In a student-run survey, 64% of Chamberlain High School students voted to change the mascot. But only about 30% of the student body participated.

School districts across Florida are working to implement a new state law that bans classroom instruction of sexual identity and gender orientation in grades K-3 and potentially in other grades as well. But they’re facing a lack of clarity on how to put policies in place to comply with the new mandate.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political campaign this week launched a questionnaire designed to gauge how closely local school board candidates align with the Republican leader’s educational priorities.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political campaign this week launched a questionnaire designed to gauge how closely local school board candidates align with the Republican leader’s educational priorities.

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The release comes as new data reveals just 53 percent of Florida's third-graders passed the state’s reading test.

The Hillsborough School District's hiring fair this week and other efforts aim to fill close to 800 instructional jobs and more than 150 bus driving positions.

A violent event as a teenager led Walter L. Smith to drop out of high school. He would later go on to earn a doctorate in higher education administration from Florida State University in 1974. Smith's journey led him to create a space where other kids can get another chance at an education.

School districts will still serve as sponsors and ultimately be in charge of monitoring the charter schools once they're approved.