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The Florida State Board of Education discusses barring "critical race theory" from K-12 classrooms during a meeting June 10, 2021, in Jacksonville.
Florida moves to limit school lessons on race
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.
Meet Hernando County’s 2021 valedictorians and salutatorians
Students at Hernando County's Springstead High head into the school's stadium for a graduation ceremony during pre-pandemic times. This year's ceremony will be on June 19, one of several to be held in the county over the next few days.
With graduations scheduled for this week and next, here are 10 students who finished at the top of their class.
Hillsborough set to welcome South Florida charter school operator
An IDEA "School of Hope" is seen under construction in April at 11612 N Nebraska Ave. in Tampa. Another "hope operator," Mater Academy, wants to open charter schools around Lithia or Plant City, if approved by the Hillsborough County School Board next week.
If the district approves, Mater Academy plans to open schools in the east part of the county.
State okays Hillsborough district’s plan for two troubled schools
The state will allow East Tampa's Oak Park Elementary and seven other Hillsborough County schools to continue their relationship with MGT of America Consulting. The company specializes in turning around troubled schools.
Superintendent Addison Davis projects great gains at Foster and Oak Park elementary schools.

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  1. Tarpon Springs High band to march again in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
    Yesterday• Education
    The Tarpon Springs High School Outdoor Performance Ensemble has been selected to perform in the 2022 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The award-winning band, one of just 10 picked for the event, also marched in the parade in 2013.
  2. Meet Hernando County’s 2021 valedictorians and salutatorians
    Yesterday• Education
    Students at Hernando County's Springstead High head into the school's stadium for a graduation ceremony during pre-pandemic times. This year's ceremony will be on June 19, one of several to be held in the county over the next few days.
  3. Florida moves to limit school lessons on race
    Yesterday• Education
    The Florida State Board of Education discusses barring "critical race theory" from K-12 classrooms during a meeting June 10, 2021, in Jacksonville.
  5. State okays Hillsborough district’s plan for two troubled schools
    Jun. 10• Education
    The state will allow East Tampa's Oak Park Elementary and seven other Hillsborough County schools to continue their relationship with MGT of America Consulting. The company specializes in turning around troubled schools.
  6. Florida education board votes to keep critical race theory out of schools
    Jun. 10• Education
    Activist Ben Frazier, left, is asked to leave after shouting chants of "Allow teachers to teach the truth" during a State Board of Education meeting Thursday, where members voted to ban lessons on critical race theory.
  7. Florida’s ‘critical race theory’ debate lands at the State Board of Education today
    Jun. 10• Education
    Education commissioner Richard Corcoran and State Board of Education chairman Andy Tuck at the board's Sept. 23, 2020, meeting in the Florida Holocaust Museum. The board will consider a rule that Gov. Ron DeSantis says will keep "critical race theory" out of the public schools.
  8. Hillsborough set to welcome South Florida charter school operator
    Jun. 10• Education
    An IDEA "School of Hope" is seen under construction in April at 11612 N Nebraska Ave. in Tampa. Another "hope operator," Mater Academy, wants to open charter schools around Lithia or Plant City, if approved by the Hillsborough County School Board next week.
  9. USF unveils a renewed focus on preparing Florida teachers
    Jun. 9• Education
    The University of South Florida College of Education, where enrollment has dropped 40 percent since 2010, is taking steps to reinvent itself. [Times (2019)]
  10. Masks are no longer required in Pinellas County Schools
    Jun. 9• Education
    In this image from a livestream, members of the Pinellas County School Board listen to parents during a public hearing Tuesday regarding the district's mask rule.
  11. USF to begin construction on new student wellness center
    Jun. 8• Education
    A rendering of the new student wellness center to be completed by the fall of 2022 on the University of South Florida's Tampa campus.
  12. Former House Speaker Will Weatherford will chair USF board of trustees
    Jun. 8• Education
    Will Weatherford is former speaker of the Florida House and managing partner of Weatherford Capital. His term as chair of the USF board of trustees will be for two years.
  13. Man sexually battered girl, 14, on Pinellas school bus, police say
    Jun. 8• Crime
    Daniel Lee Sawyer, 19, has been arrested on a sexual battery charge.
  14. Pasco schools, health department will offer vaccines to children 12 and older
    Jun. 8• Education
    Syringes filled with doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are administered last week in Washington state. Pasco County schools are offering doses of the Pfizer vaccine to kids 12 and older this summer at six high schools.
  15. USF’s College of Education, once on the chopping block, gets a new dean
    Jun. 8• Education
    Anthony Rolle was announced as the new dean of the University of South Florida's College of Education on Tuesday.
  16. Newly signed Florida bills aim to support active-duty families, veterans
    Jun. 8• Politics
    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, left, and Medal of Honor Recipient Ryan Pitts shake hands after the opening ceremony of the Florida Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Aspire Health Partners in Tampa, Florida on Wednesday, August 21, 2019.
  17. Millions more for Florida education. Is it enough to go around?
    Jun. 8• Education
    Hillsborough County School District CFO Romaneir Johnson addresses the board during a School Board retreat in April. School boards across Florida are examining their finances closely to make sure they can balance their budgets in the coming academic year.
  18. Hillsborough, Pinellas schools offering COVID-19 shots for kids 12 and up
    Jun. 7• Education
    The Hillsborough and Pinellas school districts will offer free COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days and weeks at local high schools.
  19. Florida’s education budget is the largest ever. Why do districts fear cuts?
    Jun. 7• Education
    Members of the Florida House meet toward the end of a 2021 legislative session that produced a $22.8 million budget for education. But some local school officials fear it may not be enough, citing a planned school voucher expansion, rising pension costs and other factors.
  20. Gov. Ron DeSantis targets critical race theory as Florida examines academic standards
    Jun. 7• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaking at The Garlic restaurant in New Smyrna Beach last week.
  21. Florida schools are getting back to ‘normal’
    Jun. 7• Education
    Tara Ruggiero goes through the alphabet for letter recognition while on a Zoom call with a student during a kindergarten screening in August 2020. Live remote instruction is one of the things that will largely disappear from Florida schools in fall 2021.
  22. Another COVID side effect: Many kids head to summer school
    Jun. 6• Health
    Aja Purnell-Mitchell, second from left, gets help at a Durham, N.C., food hub from her three children, Cartier, 14, left; Kyra, 15, and Kyla, 13. Summer school will be the first time the children have been in the classroom since the coronavirus outbreak took hold in spring 2020.
  23. Hillsborough schools end mask mandate, eLearning program
    Jun. 4• Education
    Zachary Ashcroft, 16, wears a Mickey Mouse mask Aug. 31, 2020, on the first day of school last year for Hillsborough County students, at Hillsborough High School.
  24. Diversity disputes increasingly touch Florida schools
    Jun. 4• Education
    Rainbow Pride flags fly in downtown St. Petersburg. Similar flags caused a stir at Seminole Middle School in recent days.
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