Category: Education

The state university system’s Board of Governors on Wednesday will consider proposals by the University of Central Florida to close three campuses no longer in use. The proposals involve the South Orlando Campus, the UCF Leesburg campus and the UCF Palm Bay campus. The South…

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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Pasco-Hernando State College District Board of Trustees (DBOT) selected Jesse Pisors, Ed.D., to serve as PHSC’s fifth president in the college’s 51-year history. The decision was made at a board meeting held today at the Spring Hill Campus, following trustee…

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The University of Florida, Florida State University and the University of South Florida dropped in U.S News and World Report’s new rankings of public universities, while other Florida universities got improved grades. The high-profile annual rankings are based on numerous factors, such as graduation rates,…

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A non-profit group Wednesday called for the state Department of Education to provide information about how many additional private schools are accepting vouchers after a massive expansion of voucher programs took effect in July. A new law (HB 1), approved by the Legislature and Gov.…

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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – Citrus County Schools will reopen for students and teachers on Friday, September 1, following the impact of Hurricane Idalia. “After receiving the latest update from Emergency Management officials and having assessed the damages in our facilities sustained from Hurricane Idalia, I…

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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – Due to the ongoing coastal impact in the county from Hurricane Idalia, many of our schools are continuing to be used as shelters.  As a result, school will be cancelled tomorrow, Thursday, August 31st.  According to the district, after the next…

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“Mom, school was fine,” is the daily chorus many parents get from their 8-year-old. Sound familiar? If you’re nodding, then you’re in the right place. Behind that nonchalant facade might be a host of communication barriers that our kids face at school. And today, we’re…

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The Florida Board of Education (BOE) voted Wednesday to require restrooms in private K-12 schools and state colleges to be used on the basis of biological sex rather than gender identity, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. The new rule requires all institutions within the Florida…

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Florida public colleges will be required to update policies on restrooms and changing rooms to have separate facilities “based on biological sex at birth,” under a rule approved Wednesday by the State Board of Education. The rule, which applies to the 28 schools in the…

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Florida education officials on Wednesday are slated to weigh approval of a proposed rule that deals with the designation of restrooms and changing facilities at Florida colleges, amid broader efforts to require people to use bathrooms that line up with their sex assigned at birth.…

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