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No deal, so reopening lawsuit is back in court today, more SAT problems,...
No resolution of lawsuit: A day of mediation could not produce a resolution in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state order to reopen schools to students five days a week, the...
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Reopening lawsuit continues, DOE offers districts guidance on COVID cases,...
Reopening challenged: Reopening Florida’s schools was called a “threat to public safety” Wednesday in the first day of a hearing in a lawsuit brought by a teachers union challenging the...
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Closing arguments today in reopening lawsuit, more coronavirus cases reported...
State presents its case: Final arguments are today in the lawsuit brought by Florida’s largest teachers union challenging the constitutionality of the state’s order that school districts had to open...
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Reopening suit in hands of judge, Corcoran threatens teacher firings,...
Reopening suit goes to judge: Leon County Circuit Judge Charles Dodson is expected to decide as early as today whether the state’s order to reopen schools for students five days a week is within the...
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Temporary injunction issued against order to reopen schools, technical issues...
Judge rules for union: Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran’s order that public schools reopen their classrooms to students was ruled unconstitutional by a Leon County circuit judge on Monday....
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Union asks judge to lift stay on reopenings ruling, revenues recovering,...
Judge asked to lift stay: The legal maneuverings continue in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s order to reopen schools. Monday, Leon Circuit Judge Charles Dodson ordered a...
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Union activities beg the question: How, specifically, is this going to make...
“A sharp distinction must always be made between the physical survival of particular schools and the survival of the educational quality in those schools.” So writes American economist and social...
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Judge vacates stay in school reopening lawsuit, Hillsborough may reconsider...
Judge vacates stay: A Leon County circuit judge has vacated the automatic stay on his ruling Monday that the state’s order to reopen schools to students in August was unconstitutional. The state...
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Appeals court reinstates reopening order, grand jury asks for extension,...
Another twist in lawsuit: The legal maneuvering in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s executive order to reopen schools took yet another twist on Friday. An appeals court has...
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DeSantis and judges discuss reopening rationales, rapid tests for schools,...
Coronavirus and schools: Schools are safe for children and asymptomatic people do not need to be tested for the coronavirus, President Trump’s COVID-19 task force adviser said Monday during a press...
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State budget concerns, school reopening lawsuit, SAT scores fall, online...
Florida’s budget worries: The Joint Legislative Budget Commission meets today at 1 p.m. in Tallahassee to discuss the financial implications of the coronavirus pandemic on the state budget for the...
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‘Significant’ budget cuts, phased-in reopenings, school closes, teachers aide...
The coming budget crunch: The state budget, and the amount of money allocated for education from it, was Topic A in the capital last week. Incoming House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, told a...
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The only good option is a dead option!
At the conclusion of one of the most criminally underappreciated very bad movies of all time, the 90210 kids-turned-space-marines of “Starship Troopers” capture a “brain bug.” Neil Patrick Harris as...
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Corcoran calls reopening ‘overwhelming success,’ state education budget,...
School reopening review: Florida’s school reopening has been an “overwhelming success,” Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran pronounced at Wednesday’s state Board of Education meeting. “I think...
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Appeals court sides with state in school reopening fight
News Service Florida TALLAHASSEE – Saying that “nothing in the emergency order requires any teacher or any student to return to the classroom,” a state appeals court Friday overturned a ruling that...
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Appeals court rules for state on reopening, learning options, superintendent...
Reopening ruling overturned: The 1st District Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling by a Tallahassee judge who declared that the state exceeded its authority when it ordered districts to reopen...
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State extends order allowing online learning, math learning lags, guardian...
Order extends remote learning: Students will be able to continue remote learning in the second semester if they choose, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday after the Florida Department of Education issued a...
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Still no raises for many teachers, budget worries, FEA drops suit, ex-tech...
Teacher raises: It’s been about 10 months since the Legislature approved a bill allocating $500 million to raise teacher pay, but about half the teachers in the state have yet to receive raises. Jacob...
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Schools to get $6 billion from feds, Bright Futures protest, Keys schools...
Federal aid for schools: The U.S. Senate narrowly approved the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Saturday, which includes nearly $170 billion for K-12 schools and...
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‘Significant’ budget cuts, phased-in reopenings, school closes, teachers aide...
The coming budget crunch: The state budget, and the amount of money allocated for education from it, was Topic A in the capital last week. Incoming House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, told a...
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