Florida Schools

Schools of Hope were initially meant to serve children in impoverished areas where student performance is low. That expanded last year to allow charters to take up space in nearly any school with unused space.

Commissioner Stasi Kamoutsas' comments come after students across the state participated in walkouts protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE.

Texas' Bluebonnet curriculum uses the Bible to teach math and language arts.

There have been dozens of student walkouts protesting the actions of ICE held at high schools throughout the state this month.

The controversial new Introduction to Sociology textbook, created by the state of Florida to meet its new academic restrictions, is missing entire chapters like Race and Ethnicity, Global Inequality and Gender, Sex and Sexuality, WLRN found.

Senate Bill 7036 is a wide-ranging, 40-page education bill, which among other things would allow school districts to purchase curricula developed by the Florida Department of Education.

The district says it's reducing its workforce by 7%.

The state department of education is working on writing rules that could narrow the scope of the new law.

Florida Senate Bill 1464 allows schools to partner with local food banks or nonprofits to recover and redistribute edible cafeteria food.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," documentarian Boaz Dvir explained when he first heard about the late Gloria Merriex's influence and how he spent over a decade making her story come to life.

Lower birth rates and more financial incentives for parents who choose private or home school for their kids are chipping away at public school enrollment statewide.

Broward County schools officials are responding to scathing criticism from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who suggested the state take over the district.