A year later, new Broward schools watchdog hasn’t yet released findings of investigations

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 2/1 12:00A Scott Travis

A year after the Broward School District contracted with the county s Office of Inspector General to help it root out waste, fraud and abuse, the watchdog agency has yet to produce any reports identifying problems. Inspector General Carol Jodie...

Your baby could qualify for $1,000 with a Trump Account. Here’s what to know

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/28 3:58A Associated Press

By MAKIYA SEMINERA and MORIAH BALINGIT, Associated Press Education Writer As a continuation of President  Donald Trump   s pitch to Americans on affordability and the economy under his administration, the U.S. Treasury and White House are...

Florida could ban foreign H-1B visa faculty at state universities until 2027

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/26 11:00P Steven Walker

Florida could bar its public universities from hiring foreign faculty on H-1B visas for the next year, a move called potentially devastating to science departments at state schools. Just months after Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wanted to “pull the...

New York school violated civil rights law by changing name from ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds,’ US...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/23 6:48A Associated Press

BOHEMIA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York school district is “erasing its Native American heritage” and violating civil rights law by changing its team name from the “Thunderbirds” to the “T-Birds ,” federal education officials say. The U.S. Department of...

Florida is reshaping higher education. Other states are watching

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/19 10:00P Tribune News Service

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay Times Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis often says that Florida is the best state in the country for higher education. It’s been ranked No. 1 for higher education by U.S. News & World Report for nearly a decade, and the...

Is interest in a 4-year college degree drying up? Not really.

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/15 3:00A Stacker

By Matt Barnum for Chalkbeat American colleges are under siege. Related Articles Wikipedia inks AI deals with Microsoft, Meta and Perplexity as it marks 25th birthday Average US long-term mortgage...

Vanderbilt seeks $250M in second-round fundraiser for West Palm Beach business school campus

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/12 9:52A David Lyons

Vanderbilt University reaffirmed its intention Monday to build a version of its Owen School of Management in downtown West Palm Beach. Along with the commitment, top university officials said they re launching a second fundraising appeal, this...

DeSantis declares Broward School District ‘disaster,’ and says placing it in receivership might be...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/12 6:45A Anthony Man, Scott Travis

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday excoriated the Broward School District for a “laundry list of failures” and suggested it’s been so impervious to reform that placing it in receivership might be an option to fix it. “Honestly, it’s been a disaster....

Broward schools to investigate administrators related to botched construction oversight effort

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/8 2:32A Scott Travis

Two high-level Broward schools administrators, including one who has already announced her resignation, are facing personnel investigations as a result of an audit that revealed failures in the district s attempt to hire a company to oversee...

Lori Alhadeff says she won’t seek reelection on Broward School Board

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/4 11:00P Scott Travis

Lori Alhadeff, who first won a seat on the Broward School Board in 2018 after her daughter was killed in the Parkland school shooting, has announced she will not seek a third term in office. She is endorsing longtime educator and fellow Parkland...

Higher-paid Broward school staff got referendum payments. It shouldn’t have happened, board members...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/3 3:11A Scott Travis

A voter-approved tax increase that was pitched as a way to help teachers afford to live in Broward County was expanded to provide supplements of more than $10,000 to some of the highest-paid employees in the Broward school district. A district...

Broward schools chief: ‘Emergency’ now exists for troubled construction program

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 12/19 4:15A Scott Travis

The Broward schools superintendent has declared an emergency for the district s troubled construction program, writing in a memo that a potential lapse in management could create a risk of school closures and possibly even injury or death....

Rural schools hit by Trump’s grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 12/18 5:28A Associated Press

By ANNIE MA SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When the funding for Shannon Johnson’s job as a school mental health counselor came to an abrupt end, two years into a five-year grant, she thought about the work...

New student loan rule could dissuade people from advanced nursing degrees

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 12/18 3:10A Tribune News Service

By Nada Hassanein, Stateline.org Zoe Clarke became a hospital registered nurse two and a half years ago, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother. Clarke, an ICU nurse in Asheville,...

Professors, students appeal ruling on Alabama law banning DEI initiatives at public universities

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 12/15 5:44A Associated Press

By SAFIYAH RIDDLE MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A group of students and professors at public universities across Alabama are asking an appeals court to halt a state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in public schools and...