Governor calls for end to FSA exams
Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for an end to the Florida Standards Assessments exams, to be replaced with progress monitoring.
Gov. DeSantis announces legislation to eliminate FSA, replace it with 'progress monitoring'
Florida's governor announced steps to abolish Florida Standards Assessments for the students, adding that this school year will the last for the annual tests.
'Progress monitoring' to become new Florida standard for student growth
Teachers will be getting test results three times a year as a part of the progress monitoring model.
Incentive increases to attract more substitutes amid teacher shortage
The substitute teacher shortage in Orange County is so severe, the district is now increasing incentives to hire more as parents are left worried.
New York City public schools reopen for in-person instruction
For the first time since March 2020, classroom doors reopened for about a million New York City public school students.
Orange County Public Schools to hire bus drivers with $3,500 sign-on bonus
Orange County Public Schools is holding a hiring event on Monday. The event begins at 9 a.m. at the Horizon High Media Center in Winter Garden.
Central Florida school districts face substitute teacher shortage
Seminole and Volusia County Schools are facing the same crisis: a substitute teacher shortage in part due to COVID-19.
4 bomb threats called in to Gainesville school since August
The threats have disrupted operations, sending students home each time, and causing law enforcement to rush to the school, officials said.
Union alerts teachers of letter threatening police action over mask enforcement
A letter from a parent read, "I will call the police, the police will come, witness the crime committed against my children and then file the report.”
Orange County Public Schools offering $3,500 bonus to some new hires
OCPS is trying to fill around 150 positions in food and nutrition services.
Lake County school board to vote on proposed mask policy
The policy would require schools with the highest number of COVID-19 cases to require masks until cases drop. Parents can opt their children out though.
Most parents want online or hybrid learning for students, survey finds
A new survey found most parents want their kids to return to in-person learning but were still concerned about the chances of students becoming infected with COVID-19.
Changes to Brevard Public Schools mask policy
A change in policy keeps more Brevard County students in the classroom instead of sending them home to quarantine after exposure to the coronavirus.
Ron DeSantis appeals ruling on Florida's ban of mask mandates in schools
Desantis wants the appeals court to reverse the decision which essentially gave Florida’s 67 school boards the power to impose a student mask mandate.
DOE 'looking into' claims that Brevard students without masks were denied meals
The Florida Department of Education is looking into allegations that students at Space Coast Junior-Senior High School were denied meals for not wearing a mask.
District investigates claims students are not getting meals
Brevard County Public Schools is looking into claims that some unmasked students are being denied meals at school.
Seminole school board holds emergency meeting on face masks
There are currently 14 school districts in the state that are enforcing a mask mandate despite the governor’s executive order.
Hateful graffiti found in Winter Park High School, officials say
Students said that, for the past few days, there has been nonstop discussion about graffiti that was written on a bathroom wall in Winter Park High School.
$166 billion for schools part of federal COVID relief funding
Schools across the country are gearing up to spend billions in federal funding from money allocated through the latest coronavirus stimulus bill, but it remains unclear exactly how the money will be spent.
Despite judge’s ruling, Florida threatens more districts over school mask mandates
The state of Florida is now warning school board members in Hillsborough and Sarasota counties that they could face a financial penalty for imposing mask mandates amid the current COVID-19 spike, despite a judge’s ruling last week.