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Controversies in the Capitol: Vouchers, teacher pay, Common and more

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Student scientists send research to space

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Who cares who a school district's superintendent is?

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Why are Florida schools using the Baker Act more often?

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What education issues will dominate Florida's 2020 legislative session?

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Who will be Hillsborough County's next school superintendent?

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There ought to be a law: One Florida student's civics lesson

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What's coming in Florida education policy? A look at the 2020 legislative session

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Why does a UF senator want to impeach the student body president?

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Why do principals matter? One principal's perspective.

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Can Florida afford teacher raises and increase per-student funding, too?

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Why are Florida teacher union leaders riding a bus around the state?

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Florida's school standards and children of color: A mom's view on what needs fixing

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Should Florida school districts have their own police forces?

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Florida's governor proposes $600M for teacher raises. Why isn't everyone cheering?

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What should schools do to help students who struggle to read?

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A civics lesson for Florida teens who think there ought to be a law

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Florida's 4-year-olds: Are they ready for school?

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They're back. Florida lawmakers talk education priorities for 2020

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Can public comment at a school board meeting be made privately?

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Charter schools take over a tiny Florida school district. Who's next?

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Florida's shrinking spending on school capital projects

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Teachers are being 'voluntold' to do extra. Are schools taking advantage of them?

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A decline in student discipline referrals is a good thing. Right?

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What does it take to get schools ready for students? One Florida district's summer schedule

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Why teach? First-year Florida educator London Eaves explains

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Why teach? With Florida Teacher of the Year Dre Graham

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Improving schools in Hillsborough County

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Why school vouchers in Florida? With Doug Tuthill of Step Up For Students

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From the classroom to the board room: One Pasco County educator's experience

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Changing mascots, revisited: Hillsborough schools leaders reconsider plans to drop Native American stereotypes

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What does it take to earn a 10.58 GPA? An interview with Newsome HS valedictorian Katherine Metheny

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Teachers with guns: Why does Bay County embrace Florida's armed guardian program?

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Changing mascots: Hillsborough schools to drop Native American stereotypes

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Vouchers, teachers with guns and other Florida education legislative highlights

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Overcoming obstacles to graduate high school on time

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Parental rights in Florida: Should they be stronger?

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A reading riddle for Hillsborough County schools

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Why should Florida have school board term limits? With Nick Tomboulides of US Term Limits

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What's up with Florida education legislation? A look, halfway through session.

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Who's listening to Florida's teacher union? With FEA president Fed Ingram

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Does Florida's education system need to be reconstructed?

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A Democratic approach to Florida education, with Rep. Anna Eskamani

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In search of great teaching in Florida

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Jeb Bush on Florida school choice, vouchers and education reform

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Is private education public when taxpayers fund it? An expert's view

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A debate about arming teachers, on the anniversary of the Parkland shooting

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Gov. Ron DeSantis and his "major" Florida education announcements

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Fixing Florida's school security system: An expert's view

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Why Parkland parent Andrew Pollack wants to be on Florida's Board of Education

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Can Florida solve its science teacher shortage?

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Funding, security top Florida education priority list in 2019

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Pam Stewart says goodbye. 'We are, in Florida, at an all-time high.'

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What's in store for Florida education come 2019?

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Teaching life, with Pasco Teacher of the Year Holly Mickler

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More than money: Pinellas County teacher contract negotiations

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Security, teacher pay, technology and more: A wish list for the Florida legislative session

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Recounting Florida: The education election edition

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When black students are over-disciplined: Hernando County schools seek solutions

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Why vouchers? A discussion on Florida's tax credit scholarship program.

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Dealing with transgender students in Florida schools: Sarasota County's example

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Are 11th and 12th grades a waste of time? Thoughts about dual enrollment, early college

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Active shooter drills and class size: When Florida law confuses

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Behind Hillsborough's quest for a school tax

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Florida's Every Student Succeeds Act wins approval, criticism

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DeSantis vs. Gillum and the future of Florida education

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Amendment 8 is dead. What's left?

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When families lie about where they live, with Leon County schools superintendent Rocky Hanna

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Taxing times for Hillsborough County schools

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Can Florida's education quality be judged? (In court, that is)

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Should Amendment 8 remain on Florida's November ballot?

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Florida school security: Have active shooter drills made you anxious yet?

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Back to school 2018: Are you ready?

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Supporting Amendment 8, with Erika Donalds of the Constitution Revision Commission

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Fighting Amendment 8, with League of Women Voters president Patricia Brigham

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Hernando County: Small school district, big district troubles

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Who feeds Florida's poor children when school's out for summer?

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Florida school grades: Helpful, or harmful? With Mike Petrilli of the Fordham Institute

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Rivals, factions and Facebook: The Hillsborough County School Board

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Did Florida tenure reform work? A researcher's perspective

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Florida's fight over school textbooks

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Suing Florida over charter school laws

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Wear red for ed? With Miami Beach teacher activist Nadia Zananiri

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Wage war in the nation's eighth largest school district

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Arming Florida's school employees: Bay County takes a closer look

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Braless teen sparks dress code debate: Is it a double standard?

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Do you know how much your end-of-course exam really counts?

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What education issues are coming to Florida voters?

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Rising student voices: A senior runs for school board

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What did lawmakers do for (to?) Florida education?

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Is Florida really going to arm its teachers?

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Things fall together as Florida lawmakers seal deals

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The Parkland school shooting influences everything edition

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So there's a shooter at my kids' school? What should we do?

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Fifty years after the strike

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The "Reality check, it's going to pass anyway" edition

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The "There will be fireworks" edition

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The Whistleblower

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Behind the state's searing appraisal of Hillsborough schools

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On Florida's testing system, with FairTest's Bob Schaeffer