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Florida State University President Thrasher gave possibly his last State of the University address before the Faculty Senate Wednesday. Thrasher announced in September he would be stepping down once the school names a new President. Thrasher’s Wednesday address focused on how the pandemic has changed higher education.
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Florida State University will hold a virtual commencement ceremony this December. The decision comes after the State University System issued a directive telling schools to develop alternative commencement plans due to COVID-19.
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Florida’s public school districts will now have to share a portion of their locally-generated maintenance dollars with charter schools. The plan is part…
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Florida lawmakers want to make it easier for parents and residents to challenge school textbooks. Depending on who you ask, the bill is a slippery slope…
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There’s only one day left for lawmakers to decide what the state of testing will be in Florida’s public schools. It's now up to the House to decide what…
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Florida lawmakers appear to be moving forward with a House priority bill boosting funding to charter schools that set up near chronically failing public…
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Florida lawmakers are preparing to wrap several education policy issues into a single deal—what’s often called a “train” bill in legislative parlance. The…
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Tallahassee's higher education establishment is warily eyeing university and community college plans in the House and Senate. Florida A&M University and…
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After a rough start, a Florida Senate education panel has managed to move a major testing bill forward. The proposal is a mix of two separate testing…
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Florida has more than 100 schools that it labels persistently failing. Those schools have earned D’s and F’s for several years in a row. Many of them…
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Florida State University is considering whether to open a primary care clinic near Sabal Palm Elementary school. The move would give students in the…
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A rift has emerged along a now-familiar fault line in the House and Senate Education spending plans. The chambers are again at odds over how to count…