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Federal judge orders Trump administration to unblock pandemic relief money for schools

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/7 6:33A Associated Press

By MORIAH BALINGIT, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Education Department to undo a freeze on the last of the U.S. relief money given to schools to help students recover academically from the COVID-19...

UF presidential finalist defends decision to dismantle Michigan DEI program

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/7 3:43A Jeffrey Schweers

GAINESVILLE –  Santa J. Ono’s introduction to the faculty, staff and students of the University of Florida was a carefully scripted, stage-managed meet and greet at the school s spacious and gleaming...

Visa crackdown leads international students in the US to reconsider summer travel

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/5 8:28A Associated Press

By MAKIYA SEMINERA On summer break from a Ph.D. program, an international student at University of California, San Diego, was planning a trip with a few friends to Hawaii. But after seeing international students across the United States stripped...

School bells, cell phones, testing: What passed this year in Tallahassee?

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/5 8:27A Steven Walker

Florida would scrap plans for later high school start times and impose new restrictions on students’ cell phone use under bills passed in the final days of the Florida Legislature’s session last week. The approved education bills will now be sent...

South Dakota students weigh protest against university honors for homeland security chief Noem

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/5 6:51A Associated Press

By SARAH RAZA MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University hasn’t experienced the student protests taking place at other U.S. colleges. Nestled in rural South Dakota, most of the nearly 4,000 students...

Broward schools to issue laptops to students for first time since COVID hit

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/3 11:55P Scott Travis

Cellphones may be out, but laptops are back in at Broward County schools. The school district plans to issue every student a laptop computer when they return to school on Aug. 11. They ll be able to use them to do work at school and at home. I m...

Here are the 2025 winners of the Sun Sentinel’s annual high school journalism contest

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/3 2:00A Kathy Laskowski

For about 30 years, the South Florida Sun Sentinel has honored the best high school journalists. Students from 15 schools in Broward and Palm Beach counties entered the annual contest with material...

New conservative member sworn into Broward School Board

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/3 1:00A Scott Travis

Broward s newest School Board member made clear Friday that the board won t lose a conservative voice just because outspoken board member Brenda Fam has resigned. Adam Cervera, 41, was sworn in Friday...

Trump re-ups his threat to strip Harvard University’s tax-exempt status

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/2 4:27A Associated Press

By SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday  re-upped his threat to strip Harvard University  of its tax-exempt status, escalating a showdown with the first major college that has defied the administration...

Every child has a superpower. A timely evaluation can help you discover and support it | Commentary

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 4/30 3:44A Dr. Allison Golden

As the school year winds down and summer break approaches, many parents find themselves wondering: Is my child truly reaching their potential? Are the struggles we’ve seen this year just temporary, or do they signal something deeper? These...

Daniel Foganholi barely confirmed to Florida Board of Education, following pro-gun op-ed

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 4/30 1:53A Scott Travis

An op-ed advocating for students and professors to carry guns on college campuses nearly cost Daniel Foganholi a seat on the state Board of Education. Foganholi, a former appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Broward County School Board, was...

Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 4/29 3:24A Associated Press

By SEAN MURPHY and MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to fund an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus...

DeSantis halts UF’s search for liberal arts dean amid conservative backlash

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 4/26 2:41A Garrett Shanley

The DeSantis administration ordered the University of Florida to suspend its search for a new dean for its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences this week, one day after a conservative social media account accused the university of selecting...

DeSantis appoints lawyer Adam Cervera to fill Broward School Board seat

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 4/24 9:05A Scott Travis

Gov. Ron DeSantis wasted little time replacing Brenda Fam on the Broward School Board, announcing Thursday he s naming lawyer Adam Cervera to the seat. Cervera is a shareholder at Becker & Poliakoff, a Coral Gables law firm and is a member of the...