Schools Of Hope

More than 20 Sarasota campuses — including top-ranked Pine View — have lost enrollment over the past decade, leaving them vulnerable under a new state law that allows charter operators to seize unused space.

Charter schools are public schools often run by private operators. Lawmakers in 2017 created the schools of hope program to serve children in areas with “persistently low-performing” traditional public schools.

The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to wade in on the state’s controversial new education law.The case has now been transferred to the Leon…

The Duval County School District is one of 13 counties that jointly filed a lawsuit in Leon County Monday, against the state regarding a new education law.

Florida lawmakers appear to be moving forward with a House priority bill boosting funding to charter schools that set up near chronically failing public...

The state Senate is considering a $200 million program passed by the House that would speed up the process for closing underperforming public schools...