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A Florida House panel backed a proposal that would set start times for high schools and middle schools that would be more in tune with teens’ natural rhythms.

Using public money to send kids to private school— does it work? Is it too expensive? The debate over school vouchers continues once again.

In the opening stages of the Republicans' 2024 presidential race, the “parents’ rights” movement and lessons for schoolchildren are emerging as flashpoints.

Reflecting the recent surge of immigrants, since the start of the 2022-23 school year nearly 10,000 students from those countries have enrolled in Miami-Dade schools — about 2,500 more than in the entire 2021-22 year.

Last school year marked a more than 10-year low for Florida’s kindergarten and seventh-grade students completing all doses of required immunizations, according to a recent report from the state Department of Health. The required shots — which do not include COVID-19 vaccinations — are designed to protect against diseases including tetanus, diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, influenza B, hepatitis B and polio.

A CDC committee voted that the agency should update its recommended immunization schedules to add the COVID vaccine, including to the schedule for children. However, that doesn't mandate the vaccine for schoolchildren.

School superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier outlined several aspects of what the Lee County schools are doing to restart school despite the buildings that have been damaged.

Parents and schools prepare to lose free meals provided as federal assistance during the pandemic at a time when families are feeling the strain of high food, gas, housing and utility costs.

Eligible educators include K-12 teachers, principals, teachers' aides or counselors who spend more than 900 hours at the school during the academic year.

School board races usually don’t get much hype. That might be changing this election season.

The 6-to-3 decision is the latest example of the court's conservative supermajority requiring more accommodation for religion in public schools and less separation between church and state.

A group of lawmakers have agreed on a measure that would extend the school meal waivers that helped schools and families during the pandemic.