Education

The Campus Guardian Angel CEO says the idea of using drones to protect school children came from conversations with Ukrainian soldiers.

The new standards the board voted for on Thursday offer deeper analysis of the topic, guidelines for specific courses, material for students with special needs and paves the way to find textbooks that are "aligned" with the curriculum. The board also unanimously voted to make Florida the first state to adopt the Phoenix Declaration, a playbook for education outlined by a conservative think tank.

Education leaders watching how immigration policies affect schools expect classrooms to get emptier every year, but this year, they were caught off guard by falling enrollment rates in some of Florida’s largest districts.

Legislators on the PreK-12 budget subcommittee grilled voucher funding executives and one state education department director in search for answers on how to avoid another multi-million-dollar crisis as the popular school choice program expands.

The bills will be considered once the legislature reconvenes on January 13.

Doug Broxson is beginning a new chapter of public service. Term-limited as state senator, Broxson has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to serve on the Florida Board of Governors of the State University System.

Florida teachers would have to take an oath to the nation and the state under a proposal filed Monday by Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes.

More than 55 years after the federal government targeted school segregation in rural North Florida, a judge Tuesday ruled the Jackson County school district has met desegregation requirements and ended a lawsuit against the district.

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered while debating students at a college campus in Utah earlier this week.

The NAEP test compares student proficiency in math, science, reading and writing state-by-state.