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Three of seven Pinellas County School Board seats are up for election in 2024. Conservative groups are coalescing around three political newcomers in an effort to flip the board majority.
Will culture wars resonate in school board races? A Pinellas test case.
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
Speed cameras are coming to Tampa school zones. Here’s where.
Young Middle Magnet will be among the first schools in the city to see speed cameras installed nearby.
The cameras are legal under a new state law, allowing fines up to $100 for drivers more than 10 mph over the limit.
Pinellas conservatives aim to ‘flip’ school board in 2024 election
The sign in front of Pinellas County school district headquarters in Largo displays a school board that could undergo significant change after this year's election. Incumbents Laura Hine and Eileen Long are up for reelection and longtime board member Carol Cook is leaving after six terms.
Three candidates share similar platforms and support as they push for a majority that shares their views.
Florida Senate, House differ on plan to cut red tape on public schools
The Florida Senate unanimously approved the first of three education deregulation bills on the second day of the 2024 session. The initiative is a priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo.
The Senate approved three deregulation bills, signaling its priority for the chamber.

Latest

  1. Pinellas middle school student arrested for threatening school shooting
    Yesterday• Education
    A 12-year-old student was arrested for threatening a school shooting.
  2. The latest on Florida State, ACC dueling lawsuits
    Yesterday• Sports
    Florida State University remains in litigation with the ACC.
  3. Will culture wars resonate in school board races? A Pinellas test case.
    Yesterday• Education
    Three of seven Pinellas County School Board seats are up for election in 2024. Conservative groups are coalescing around three political newcomers in an effort to flip the board majority.
  5. Speed cameras are coming to Tampa school zones. Here’s where.
    Jan. 11• Tampa
    Young Middle Magnet will be among the first schools in the city to see speed cameras installed nearby.
  6. Pinellas conservatives aim to ‘flip’ school board in 2024 election
    Jan. 11• Education
    The sign in front of Pinellas County school district headquarters in Largo displays a school board that could undergo significant change after this year's election. Incumbents Laura Hine and Eileen Long are up for reelection and longtime board member Carol Cook is leaving after six terms.
  7. Florida parental rights law slows school services with permission slips
    Jan. 11• Education
    Across Florida school nurses say they are spending added time ensuring they have parents' permission to provide services to children, as a result of the state's Parental Rights in Education and related laws. (Times file photo)
  8. Federal lawsuit against Florida school district that banned books can move forward, judge rules
    Jan. 10• Education
    Books are displayed at the Banned Book Library at American Stage on Feb. 18, 2023, in St. Petersburg. A lawsuit can move forward against the Escambia County School District over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities from library shelves, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
  9. Florida says its colleges can be a haven to all religions, not just Jewish students
    Jan. 10• Education
    State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues answers questions from Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, during a legislative subcommittee meeting on Wednesday.
  10. Florida Senate, House differ on plan to cut red tape on public schools
    Jan. 10• Education
    The Florida Senate unanimously approved the first of three education deregulation bills on the second day of the 2024 session. The initiative is a priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo.
  11. Education key for Florida leaders as they open 2024 legislative session
    Jan. 10• Education
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is welcomed to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives by House Speaker Paul Renner and Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo to give his 2024 State of the State address. All three spoke about the importance of education during speeches to open the legislative session.
  12. DeSantis invites Jewish students fearing antisemitism to Florida universities
    Jan. 9• Education
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives in Tallahassee, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.
  13. University of Florida names a new provost
    Jan. 9• Education
    J. Scott Angle has been named UF's provost after five months in the interim role.
  14. Storm threat prompts several Florida schools to cancel classes
    Jan. 9• Education
    An electronic sign warns residents of the expected extreme weather coming at the entrance to the bridge going over Placido Bayou towards Shore Acres on 40th Ave NE and 12th St NE on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 in St. Petersburg.
  15. Pasco schools to close Tuesday because of weather; Pinellas, Hillsborough remain open
    Jan. 8• weather
    While St. Petersburg opened sandbag stations like the one shown here, officials in Pasco County canceled school on Tuesday. Pinellas and Hillsborough schools were still on schedule for Tuesday as of Monday afternoon.
  16. Florida book bans reach into other states
    Jan. 8• Education
    Novelist Ann Patchett has been mocking Florida after two of her books were banned from Orange County public schools.
  17. At Florida’s only public HBCU, students are wary of political influence on race education
    Jan. 7• Education
    Chad Preston, a senior political science major at Florida AM University, poses for a photo before class on Sept. 27, 2023 in Tallahassee, Fla. A core mission of Florida A&M University from its founding over a century ago has been to educate African Americans. It was written into the law that established the school along with another college, in Gainesville, reserved for white students. At Florida's only public HBCU, some students now fear political constraints might get in the way of teaching parts of their history. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson)
  18. 10 bills to watch during Florida’s 2024 legislative session
    Jan. 7• Politics
    The storefront of a kava and kratom bar on Central Avenue on Dec. 11, 2023, in St. Petersburg. Lawmakers are taking steps toward regulating kratom after a 2023 Tampa Bay Times investigation found hundreds of people have died in the state from kratom-related overdoses in the past decade.
  19. Should parents have a say in whether their kids repeat third grade?
    Jan. 5• Education
    Florida third graders, such as these past Lacoochee Elementary students, have faced the prospect of repeating the grade if they don't meet state reading requirements. Lawmakers have proposed giving parents more say in the decision, which has raised concerns among groups that usually promote parent rights.
  20. USF armed person alert prompted by road rage incident, cops say
    Jan. 4• Crime
    A road rage incident on the USF Tampa campus on Thursday prompted an alert of an armed person near the LeRoy Collins Parking Garage.
  21. Moms for Liberty members say parental rights have limits with reading rule
    Jan. 4• Education
    Attendees leave a session on July 15, 2022, in Tampa during a national summit of Moms for Liberty, a group that has advocated for parental rights. The organization is one of three parental rights groups opposed to parent choice when it comes to a state law that keeps low-scoring readers from advancing to fourth grade.
  22. Florida school appeals fine over transgender student athlete
    Jan. 4• Education
    Students from Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, Fla., walk out of school in November, in support of a transgender student who played on the girls volleyball team. School officials are appealing a decision by state athletic board to fine the high school and put it on probation over its action, which violated a controversial law enacted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature.
  23. Florida mandated later school start times. When will they happen?
    Jan. 3• Education
    Students congregate outside of the bus circle before the early morning first bell at Clearwater High School during first day of school in 2021. By fall 2026, all Florida school districts must push high school start times back to 8:30 a.m. or later.
  24. Florida schools prepare for ‘painful’ task of changing start times
    Jan. 3• Education
    A Largo High School freshman navigates his predawn pickup at a Clearwater intersection in September 2022. A new Florida law requires that school districts shift their high school start times to 8:30 a.m. or later by the beginning of the 2026-27 school year.
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