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Parents and children arrive at Egypt Lake Elementary School for the first day of school for Hillsborough County students in August. Parents' role in education means different things to different parents as the debate over their rights continued in Florida.
Parent rights debate looms as Florida grapples with masks, books, race and gender
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
Florida parents say they want rights in schools. What does that mean?
Families who oppose mask mandates gathered outside Pinellas County school district headquarters in Largo before an Aug. 24 School Board meeting. The recent push for parents' rights has expanded beyond masks to include other issues.
Their push started with masks and grew to include issues like race and sex education. But not everyone can have their way.
2 percent of Pinellas teachers are Black men. Educators want to change that.
From left, Michael Wright, Triston Williams and Juan Dacosta are the first University of South Florida students to join the Call Me MISTER program, which aims to bring more Black men into Pinellas County's teaching ranks.
The Call Me MISTER program, a joint effort by USF and the school district, is working to make the teaching force more diverse.
Amid teacher shortage, Hillsborough schools sign recruits still in college
University of South Florida education student Alyssa Murray, 20, of Dundee, left, makes a selfie with a group of her classmates before signing a precontract binder with the Hillsborough County school district earlier this month. The event hosted 21 middle-grade math teacher candidates who the district hopes will ease the teacher shortage.
Twenty-one USF education students signed hiring documents this month. District leaders wish they could sign more.

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  1. Parent rights debate looms as Florida grapples with masks, books, race and gender
    1 hour ago• Education
    Parents and children arrive at Egypt Lake Elementary School for the first day of school for Hillsborough County students in August. Parents' role in education means different things to different parents as the debate over their rights continued in Florida.
  2. Tampa Bay doctor’s program aims to boost minority representation in medicine
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Dexter Frederick speaks with volunteer nurse and USF doctoral student Morgan Butts regarding a patient at Grace Community Medical Center on Nov. 10.
  3. Connecticut school district turns to limo service for help
    Nov. 27• Nation & World
    A Connecticut school district is turning to a limousine service company to help transport students to school because of a bus driver shortage that's been exacerbated by the pandemic.
  5. Ruling damages case alleging ‘woke’ climate at Academy of the Holy Names
    Nov. 24• Education
    Academy of the Holy Names faces Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa.
  6. Amid free speech concerns, UF declares it is ‘free from undue influence’
    Nov. 24• Education
    University of Florida President Kent Fuchs sent a message to the campus community addressing the recent controversy over academic freedom.
  7. Tampa hotel company’s USF deal aims to train hospitality’s next generation
    Nov. 24• Business
    The Courtyard Tampa Downtown is one of the McKibbon Hospitality hotels where hospitality students at the University of South Florida will have a chance to learn on-site through a new partnership between the school and company, which manages nearly 100 hotels around the country.
  8. St. Pete ocean science center tops USF’s legislative wish list
    Nov. 23• Education
    The angular peninsula jutting into St. Petersburg's Bayboro Harbor is home to the USF College of Marine Science. Plans call for a wing of the college to be demolished to make way for an $80 million oceanographic research center. USF hopes to secure $30 million toward the project during the 2022 legislative session. At right is Albert Whitted Airport.
  9. 2 percent of Pinellas teachers are Black men. Educators want to change that.
    Nov. 23• Education
    From left, Michael Wright, Triston Williams and Juan Dacosta are the first University of South Florida students to join the Call Me MISTER program, which aims to bring more Black men into Pinellas County's teaching ranks.
  10. Florida parents say they want rights in schools. What does that mean?
    Nov. 23• Education
    Families who oppose mask mandates gathered outside Pinellas County school district headquarters in Largo before an Aug. 24 School Board meeting. The recent push for parents' rights has expanded beyond masks to include other issues.
  11. Amid teacher shortage, Hillsborough schools sign recruits still in college
    Nov. 22• Education
    University of South Florida education student Alyssa Murray, 20, of Dundee, left, makes a selfie with a group of her classmates before signing a precontract binder with the Hillsborough County school district earlier this month. The event hosted 21 middle-grade math teacher candidates who the district hopes will ease the teacher shortage.
  12. Pinellas school district orders removal of ‘Gender Queer’ book
    Nov. 19• Education
    "Gender Queer: A Memoir," was written by Maia Kobabe.
  13. DeSantis enacts new laws on school mask, vaccine mandates
    Nov. 19• Education
    Fiona Lashells, 8, speaks during a press conference with Gov. Ron DeSantis beside her before before he signs bills to limit COVID-19 vaccine mandates on private, state government employees and school districts at Brandon Honda in in Brandon on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Fiona missed weeks of school in Palm Beach County because of her refusal to follow the district's mask mandate.
  14. Congressional panel to investigate UF over free speech allegations
    Nov. 18• Education
    The U.S. House’s Committee on Oversight and Reform has given the University of Florida a Dec. 2 deadline to respond to an eight-part records request. The campus entrance at the University of Florida in Gainesville is pictured.
  15. Florida schools react to increased parent, public participation
    Nov. 18• Education
    People attend a regular meeting of the Pinellas County school board on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Parent and resident involvement in school board politics has grown over the past year.
  16. Pasco school district closes comments on Facebook, Twitter
    Nov. 17• Education
    Speech-language pathologist Caitlin Al-Mutawa speaks during a Pasco School Board meeting in December 2020. The public can address the School Board during public meetings, but the district curtailed its ability to comment on district social media pages in November amid a rise in negative remarks.
  17. ‘Schools of Hope’ gain ground as competition to low scoring public schools
    Nov. 17• Education
    An unidentified student on his first day of class as IDEA opens two state-sanctioned charter schools of hope in Tampa on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021.
  18. USF trustees list on-campus stadium as a priority for interim president
    Nov. 16• Education
    A consultant's rendering of what a football stadium at the University of South Florida could look like. [Courtesy of USF]
  19. A new kind of charter school just launched in Hillsborough. A look inside.
    Nov. 16• Education
    Juliane Rodriguez follows along during sixth-grade history class at IDEA Victory, 11612 N Nebraska Ave, on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 in Tampa. IDEA Victory is Hillsborough County's first "School of Hope."
  20. FSU determines 3 professors guilty of sexual misconduct with students
    Nov. 16• Education
    Two students walk across an open space on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee. Disciplinary records show FSU quietly fired one professor, suspended another who resigned a few months later and allowed a third to remain on the job after it determined they committed sexual misconduct in separate incidents with students.
  21. Hillsborough teachers propose starting pay of nearly $50,000
    Nov. 16• Education
    Officials from Hillsborough County Public Schools and the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association meet Monday to discuss contract issues.
  22. Lawmakers aim to widen parent discretion on school masks, COVID vaccines
    Nov. 16• Education
    Florida's Republican Senate President Wilton Simpson, left, speaks with Democratic colleague Sen. Perry Thurston before the opening of a special legislative session targeting COVID-19 vaccine mandates, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida lawmakers began debating a package of bills to combat coronavirus vaccine mandates, continuing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' fight against virus rules. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
  23. Three more professors join lawsuit against UF over academic freedom
    Nov. 16• Education
    University of Florida President Kent Fuchs is named in a lawsuit filed by UF faculty members calling for an end to a conflict of interest policy they contend is unconstitutional. Three more professors joined the case on Monday, bringing the number of plaintiffs to six.
  24. Conservative book banning effort arrives in Florida schools
    Nov. 15• Education
    Some parents in Florida, Texas and other states who say they are concerned about students being indoctrinated about sex and "critical race theory" have successfully petitioned their local school districts to remove certain books from their libraries.
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