The Cape Coral Fire Department is offering free reflective backpack flashers as a public safety measure. The small LED lights are red and can be clipped on to a child's backpack to make them more visible to motorists.

Transportation Day brought out the superintendent, sheriff, a BusPatrol representative and others to talk about safety of schoolchildren with school buses back on the roads.

Cognia is a nonprofit organization that provides quality assurance for schools, systems, education service providers, and state education agencies.

Controversy has sparked over an apparent 50 percent floor for student grades in some Lee County public schools.

As many Florida school districts look to close schools to cope with declining enrollment, leading to budget cuts, some are banding together to reduce another key factor to their bottom lines: health insurance premiums.

Enrollment having declined, Lee County school district embarks on a marketing campaign with a new home page and multiple opportunities to enroll.

Parents for Transparency launches a website that calls attention to teachers' unmet needs for the classroom as the school year's start looms.

The New College Foundation Board voted Wednesday morning to dissolve the school’s nearly 50-year-old alumni association, approving a controversial restructuring over the objections of alumni leaders.

Older adults can learn self-care, photography and lessons in language at Baker Senior Center. Classes start Sept. 1 and last six weeks.

Alice Barfield is one of three finalist for national superintendent award.