Polk State College trustees unanimously approved Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas as its next leader. He will start in the role July 6. “I am grateful for the overwhelming support from the District Board of Trustees, Presidential Search Committee and College community,” Kamoutsas said in a Wednesday news release from the college after the vote. “I […]
The state education commissioner and school choice advocates have clapped back at the Florida Education Association’s lawsuit alleging the state’s school voucher program is unconstitutional. Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas during a Florida Board of Education meeting in Miami Thursday said the union “continues to waste members’ dues and taxpayer dollars on litigation that does nothing…
The state’s widely expanded and used school choice voucher system is unconstitutional because it doesn’t provide for free, uniform education, the Florida Education Association argued in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Parents and the FEA argued in a 39-page filing in state trial court in Leon County that state dollars funding private school vouchers don’t conform […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis got to put the finishing touches on one of his 2026 legislative priorities Friday, signing a union-restricting bill that had been subject to intense debate in Florida’s Capitol. DeSantis signed SB 1296 at Fort Myers High School on May Day, a worldwide holiday observing the labor movement. Although the focus of the […]
The Florida Board of Education has removed sociology from the 28 state college general education lists, following the example of the 12 state universities. Community colleges, often used as a stepping stone for eventual university students to gain general education credits, are now “fully aligned” with the universities, the Department of Education said. “This action […]
The overthrow of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela is one for the history books in Florida. In November, the Florida Board of Education adopted standards for teaching middle and high school students about communism. After that, President Donald Trump directed the U.S. military to invade Venezuela and capture Maduro. The board updated it standards Friday, adding […]
State education officials amended the rules governing Schools of Hope, a program that was expanded at the end of the last legislative session and caused a stir in public schools around the state ever since. The Florida Board of Education passed a rule Friday that would, among other things, limit the number of applications charter […]
It’s a lousy time to be a kid in Florida. You’re told you can’t read certain books or study certain subjects or discuss certain topics. You’re told you can’t go by your chosen name; you must conform to the gender you were assigned at birth. Soon you may have even fewer rights over your own […]