Education

The Duval County Board voted to keep the names of Jean Ribault Middle and High Schools and Andrew Jackson Middle School, which were also up for debate.

Several items in the budget did not make it past Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk, including $1.5 million in funding for the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority.

This year’s budget is shored up by nearly $7 billion in federal aid and touts bonuses for teachers, principals and first responders.

It would allow parents to request that children in kindergarten through fifth grade be retained to help them catch up.

School districts in the greater Tampa Bay region are getting ready for a particularly important summer session aimed at mitigating some of the learning challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new law requires that student athletes participate in the sport that aligns with the biological sex issued on their birth certificates.

Gov. Ron DeSantis now has 15 days to veto the bill, sign it into law or allow it to become law without his signature.

None of the stops, designed to get public input, will be held in the greater Tampa Bay region. Online comments are being accepted before the State Board of Education considers the proposal on June 10.

The fight intensifies over how race and history are taught in Florida schools. The state’s economy keeps improving. And squaring off with social media speech.

After weeks of contentious meetings that included racially-charged public comments, the board unanimously voted to end face mask requirements.

The vote won't affect the current school year, since it comes a day after students' last day of class, but would make masks optional at graduation and summer school.

McCullough is presently the Vice Provost of Research at Harvard University.