Tag: education

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida parents shopping for the new school year are getting another slimmed down back-to-school tax holiday.

According to WalletHub's 2017 States with the Best & Worst School Systems Florida ranked 21st out of 51 states (1=best, 51=worst).

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The leading Republican contender for governor says he supports allowing guns on college campuses and letting residents carry guns out in the open.

  Florida: Schools Can Hold Recess Inside Classrooms TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida schools can comply with the state’s new recess mandate without having to take...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A teacher from central Florida is the state's new Teacher of the Year.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- A 16-year-old high school football player from Florida has died, days after he collapsed due to heat stroke during an offseason football workout.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Five finalists are vying to be Florida's next Teacher of the Year. The winner will be announced Thursday during an annual award gala at Universal Studios Orlando.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A teenager is suing a University of South Florida fraternity, saying that a member sexually assaulted her while she was unconscious at a chapter party.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Over the last two decades, more workers have died at Tampa Electric’s power plants than at those run by any other Florida utility.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Children in South Florida will soon be able to get free books from vending machines. Thanks to a new reading...