Public Education

Beth Macy's latest book is Paper Girl, which explores the deep divisions in the U.S. It was recently nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Her book Dopesick was made into an Emmy-winning series on Hulu.

Collier County Board of Education will pay attorney fees to Florida Citizens Alliance and will turn over parent emails unless parents object, according to a settlement coming to a vote Wednesday morning.

After the Sarasota County School Board voted 3–2 to reaffirm its cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, uncertainty remains over how immigration enforcement would actually be carried out on school campuses. The resolution, approved despite hours of emotional public opposition, does not spell out what documentation agents would need to enter schools, whether judicial warrants would be required for non-public areas, or who would make those decisions.

The Hendry County School District has generated thousands of dollars from fines collected from motorists speeding through school zones.But it’s money the district would rather not see.

The state's most recent estimate for K-12 enrollment dropped by more than 46,000 students. The report says it's most likely because of immigration policies.

Newly elected Collier County Public Schools chair Stephanie Lucarelli discusses challenges met and unmet for the system.

3 teachers were suspended without pay or benefits for comments made regarding the murder of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. That is one of the issues facing Southwest Florida public schools.

Despite being one of the poorest counties in the state, The Glades County School District did the unthinkable and earned an “A-Rating” from the Florida Department of Education.

To help school overcrowding in East Lee County, the Lee County School District is planning to build two new schools, one in Alva and one in Lehigh Acres. Public naming surveys are open for both schools.

Mater Academy Inc., a Miami-based charter school operator, has submitted notices to occupy three Sarasota County public school campuses, marking a sharp local escalation of the state’s newly expanded “Schools of Hope” law, which allows charters to take over public school facilities.The notices, submitted early Wednesday, target Brookside Middle, Emma E. Booker Elementary and Oak Park School, a K-12 campus that serves students with disabilities. They are among similar notices sent to school districts statewide this week, according to Sarasota County Schools officials.