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                        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.
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                        Florida Poly’s growth reflects rising demand for affordable, innovative STEM education.
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                        The Tampa Bay Rays visit each Academy Prep Center campus for one week and provide lessons for over 100 students.
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                        MOSI's new planetarium takes the place of the IMAX theater, which hasn't been used since 2017.
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                        The nation's second largest planetarium will feature a 10,000-square-foot curved screen and is seen as a prime educational tool for children across the Tampa Bay area.
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                        The old IMAX theater will become the state-of-the-art digital dome theater and planetarium.
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                        FIUTeach at Florida International University aims to reduce the shortage of math and science teachers in Miami-Dade County and beyond — while ensuring educators are subject matter experts. WLRN goes into one of South Florida's oldest high schools to see how the program is working.
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                        Over 100 scholars attended the 2024 Sunshine State Scholars Conference, with 37 students earning 1-year scholarships.
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                        A behind-the-scenes look of the new Mote Science Education Aquarium was provided recently as construction continues and the facility gets closer to its anticipated 2025 opening date.
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                        A program at the University of Miami pairs teen girls with female researchers as they catch 300-pound sharks. The idea it to encourage more girls to enter STEM careers.
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                        Students demonstrate their skills to members of the state capitol to advocate for STEM based education programs.
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                        The young scientists from Viera wanted to learn whether a component in horseshoe blood can detect bacteria in space. Judges selected the project to ride up in a SpaceX rocket to the ISS.