The big story: Florida’s scores on the latest round of the National Assessment of Educational Progress didn’t offer much to cheer about.
The state’s 8th-grade reading score was below the national average for the first time since 2015, and its 8th-grade math score was the lowest in 20 years.
Today, the Florida Department of Education announced that mid-year progress monitoring results show students continue to succeed under the first-in-the-nation progress monitoring assessments.
The Florida Department of Education plans to cooperate with the Trump administration's new directive to allow immigration enforcement within schools. Why it matters: The state's cooperation could discourage undocumented parents from enrolling their children in public schools.
Data from the Florida Education Association shows there are more than 3,000 teacher vacancies in the state right now, an improvement from last year’s numbers.
Two Central Florida Democrats have filed legislation that would allow some K-12 students to take standardized tests in a language other than English in Florida.
The Palm Beach County School District celebrated its best educators at the 'Celebrate the Great' awards ceremony.
The increased fee only applies to volunteers whose activities involve contact with students out of sight of a district staff member.
Jacque Schrag/Axios Students in Florida — and across the U.S. — had low reading comprehension scores last year in a learning loss trend exacerbated by the pandemic, according to a national education report released Wednesday.
The Lee County School District emailed parents Tuesday after President Trump's executive order overturned a directive requiring special protection against ICE agents in schools.
The city of Pensacola has committed $100,000 to launch a homeless youth program in partnership with the Children’s Home Society of Florida to provide critical resources to help homeless youth.
Drama at G-Star School of the Arts has moved from the classroom to the courtroom with the founder expelled and slapped with a court order barring him from the campus he established 20 years ago.