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Pinellas County English teacher Philip Belcastro is one of several Florida teachers looking to leave the state.
Struggling to make ends meet, teachers look to leave Florida
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
Why are Hillsborough schools under federal scrutiny for alleged discrimination?
The Hillsborough County school district is the subject of a discrimination investigation by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, but officials aren't releasing details.
Information is elusive because of agency rules and privacy concerns.
Transgender teen who prompted Florida school shakeup had been suing for 2 years
Broward Schools Superintendent Peter Licata.
In Florida, it is illegal for transgender female students to play on female sport teams at public schools.
Florida university leaders bash plan to downgrade sociology
A campus walkway at the University of South Florida, where about 1,700 students take an introductory sociology course every year. State officials have proposed removing sociology as one of the options for core courses students must take as part of their studies.
The subject has been “an integral part of higher education for nearly two centuries,” they said in a statement.

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  1. Struggling to make ends meet, teachers look to leave Florida
    3 hours ago• Education
    Pinellas County English teacher Philip Belcastro is one of several Florida teachers looking to leave the state.
  2. Transgender teen who prompted Florida school shakeup had been suing for 2 years
    Yesterday• Education
    Broward Schools Superintendent Peter Licata.
  3. Concerns rise over hostilities at Florida schools as war in Israel grows
    Yesterday• Education
    Palestinians flee to northern Gaza as Israeli tanks block the Salah al-Din road in the central Gaza Strip on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Complaints about discrimination at schools have grown as the war has continued.
  5. Why are Hillsborough schools under federal scrutiny for alleged discrimination?
    Yesterday• Education
    The Hillsborough County school district is the subject of a discrimination investigation by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, but officials aren't releasing details.
  6. Hillsborough’s Bailey Elementary School to get a new principal
    Yesterday• Education
    The entrance to Bailey Elementary School, which will welcome a new principal in December.
  7. Florida university leaders bash plan to downgrade sociology
    Yesterday• Education
    A campus walkway at the University of South Florida, where about 1,700 students take an introductory sociology course every year. State officials have proposed removing sociology as one of the options for core courses students must take as part of their studies.
  8. Florida high school principal reassigned over transgender student athlete
    Nov. 28• Education
    A student publication at an Orange County high school has come under fire for including information about Florida's law requiring students to use restrooms according to their biological sex at birth.
  9. Didn’t finish college? Florida ‘completion coaches’ try to help.
    Nov. 27• Education
    Tansheka Riggins, a student at St. Petersburg College, meets in person for the first time with her completion coach, Matt Smith, who works for local nonprofit LEAP Tampa Bay.
  10. 3 million Floridians started college but didn’t finish. Some need a push.
    Nov. 25• Education
    St. Petersburg College student Tansheka Riggens, left, meets with her completion coach, Matt Smith, for the first time in person on Monday in Clearwater. Smith works for LEAP Tampa Bay. Riggens is a mother of three from St. Petersburg who has been trying to finish her associate degree for two decades and is one exam away from graduating.
  11. Making the case for Florida school vouchers: One child’s story
    Nov. 24• Education
    Evan Rowlands, left, high-fives his mother, Jessica Rowlands, after answering a question while completing schoolwork at Riverview Public Library on Nov. 8.
  12. For USF tight end, a future with 2 paths: Teach classes or catch passes?
    Nov. 23• Education
    Djimtry Gerard, 16, center, makes a lab observation as South Florida Bulls Tight End Gunnar Greenwald, right, assists him during a biology class at Wharton High in Tampa on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.
  13. US agency investigating University of Tampa over antisemitism allegation
    Nov. 22• Education
    Students on campus at the University of Tampa, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is investigating an allegation of antisemitism at the school.
  14. USF pro-Palestine student group sues Florida leaders over free speech
    Nov. 21• Education
    Imam Abdullah Jaber, executive director of the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, speaks during a news conference announcing a federal lawsuit against state and University of South Florida officials on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, in Tampa.
  15. Pasco parents, religious leaders urge school district to drop library group
    Nov. 21• Education
    Hundreds of attendees browse booths during the national convention of the American Association of School Librarians on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 in Tampa. Some Pasco County residents want the school district to end any financial support of the association and its parent, the American Library Association.
  16. UF President Ben Sasse, state Rep. Randy Fine spar over social media post
    Nov. 21• Education
    State Rep. Randy Fine, left, and University of Florida President Ben Sasse engaged in a testy exchange over a social media post on the Israel-Hamas war.
  17. School choice looms for Florida students, families
    Nov. 21• Education
    Automotive instructor Frederick Lawrence explains the function of rocker arm springs while teaching students at Northeast High School’s Automotive Academy on Friday, Nov 3, 2023, in St. Petersburg.
  18. At Northeast High, a record number of girls joined the automotive program
    Nov. 21• Education
    Diana Gallant, 14, uses an impact tool to remove bolts on a Chevy Camaro engine while fellow student Nigella Gerena, 16, observes.
  19. Florida teachers grapple with ‘union-busting’ laws
    Nov. 20• Education
    The Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association has been leading a petition drive to get the union re-certified to meet new state law requirements.
  20. Pinellas teachers union fights time, new law in effort to stay alive
    Nov. 18• Education
    Lee Bryant, president of the Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association, displays stacks of petition cards at the union's office in Largo on Friday. Bryant has been leading a drive to get the union recertified but says new state rules are making it difficult.
  21. Will Florida end high-stakes test requirements?
    Nov. 17• Education
    Florida has long required high school students to pass high-stakes tests to earn a diploma. Some lawmakers have proposed doing away with the requirement. [Pasco County School District]
  22. Florida violated pro-Palestinian students’ free speech rights, lawsuit says
    Nov. 16• Education
    Police search attendees at a security checkpoint before allowing them to enter a teach-in organized by Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida on Oct. 12. The organization, which was later ordered to disband by state officials, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday saying its First Amendment rights had been violated.
  23. Why would an eminent scholar join New College? Ask Stanley Fish.
    Nov. 16• Education
    Incoming students and their families navigate campus during New College of Florida's move-in and orientation on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023 in Sarasota.
  24. Florida teacher scratched misbehaving student with thumbtack, cops say
    Nov. 15• Crime
    A Broward County Public Schools elementary teacher was arrested Tuesday on one count of child neglect without great bodily harm after allegedly scratching a misbehaving student with a thumbtack and punishing him by brushing his hair, police said.
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