Nonprofit Handy sues Broward schools over terminated $2.6 million lease

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 12/9 8:35A Scott Travis

The nonprofit group Handy is not letting the Broward School District get easily out of a highly scrutinized office space lease, filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit that alleges breach of contract and damage to Handy s reputation. In a complaint...

Back from Winter Break Activities for 5th Grade

Teaching in the Heart of Florida 12/7 6:00P Rissa

By Rissa Hanneken , December 8, 2025 If you re searching for Back from Winter Break Activities for 5th Grade , one of the easiest ways to ease students back into routines is through a reading...

Broward, Palm Beach reject nearly all charter school requests to share space

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 12/6 12:00A Scott Travis

Broward and Palm Beach County school districts are not rolling out the welcome mat for charter schools looking to share space on their campuses, instead rejecting nearly every request they ve received. Charter school providers submitted 197...

UF’s presidential salary has exploded in the last 20 years. Here’s why.

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 12/4 3:54A Nakylah Carter

When Bernie Machen took over as president at the University of Florida in 2004, his contract paid him a base salary of $375,000 — the highest for any public university president in Florida at the...

How college campus organizing has been upended in Florida’s political climate

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 12/3 4:36A Lucy Marques

In September, the Turning Point USA chapter at the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus held a vigil to honor its founder, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was murdered days earlier....

Judge orders University of Florida to readmit law student who posted antisemitic content online

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 12/3 4:26A Grace Gilson

A University of Florida law school student who posted that Jews must be “abolished by any means necessary” on social media was ordered to be readmitted to the school by a federal judge on Nov. 24. The student, Preston Damsky, was banned from the...

Students can take advantage of ‘condensed learning’ at South Florida colleges

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 11/30 1:00A Antonio Miguel Escorzon

A major shift in learning is underway at some of South Florida’s universities. Schools such as Nova Southeastern University in Davie and St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens are heralding condensed...

After nearly 50 years on death row, Tommy Zeigler seeks final chance at freedom

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 11/30 12:00A Martin E. Comas

The Winter Garden Police chief was at a party on Christmas Eve 1975 when he received a phone call from his friend Tommy Zeigler, the owner of a furniture store on Dillard Street. “I’ve been shot,...

One Tech Tip: Do’s and don’ts of using AI to help with schoolwork

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 11/29 3:20A Associated Press

By KELVIN CHAN and JOCELYN GECKER, Associated Press The rapid rise of ChatGPT and other generative AI systems has disrupted education, transforming how students learn and study. Students everywhere have turned to chatbots to help with their...

Broward schools’ $2.6 million office rental contract plagued by missteps

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 11/25 7:22A Scott Travis

The Broward School District made a series of blunders when it entered into a $2.6 million office rental contract, including failing to demonstrate a need for the space, failing to negotiate favorable...

Jewish group revives push for public funding for religious schools that stalled at Supreme Court

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 11/24 4:53A Asaf Elia-Shalev

Months after a Supreme Court deadlock blocked an attempt by a Catholic church to create the nation’s first openly religious, publicly funded charter school, a Jewish group is now advancing a similar plan — one designed to sidestep the legal...

Accreditation of colleges, once low key, has gotten political

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 11/23 3:20A Tribune News Service

By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org When six Southern public university systems this summer formed a new accreditation agency, the move shook the national evaluation model that higher education has relied on for decades. The news wasn’t unexpected:...

Florida DOGE seeks information on every course taught at universities

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 11/21 8:22A Ryan Gillespie, Steven Walker

Florida’s DOGE team has asked state universities to turn over data on every undergraduate course offered at the 12 schools, including the syllabus and names of faculty members who are instructing it in the next two academic years. The DeSantis...

Schools fear disruptions as the White House begins dismantling the Education Department

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 11/21 1:50A Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says its plan to dismantle the Education Department offers a fix for the nation’s lagging academics — a...

Beliefs clash among students, parents and teachers as the Ten Commandments go up in Texas...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 11/20 5:38A Associated Press

By JAMIE STENGLE DALLAS (AP) — When it became clear to high school theater teacher Gigi Cervantes that she couldn’t ignore a new state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in her Texas...