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EPIC stands for Employer-Provided Innovation Challenges, a program created by the U.S. Chamber Foundation to connect college and high school students with local employers to solve real-world business challenges.

Twenty-two University of Miami students were three weeks into an Onward Birthright Israel program, an eight-week internship in Tel Aviv. They are now awaiting evacuation due to rising tensions between Iran and the Jewish state.

Adults generally cite four reasons to ban phone use during school: to improve kids’ mental health, to strengthen academic outcomes, to reduce cyberbullying and to help limit kids’ overall screen time. Our survey shows a cellphone ban may not accomplish all of that.

The Miami Job Corps Center, a lifeline for hundreds of South Florida’s at-risk youth, is abruptly shutting down, leaving students scrambling for housing and staff blindsided by sudden unemployment.

Like in Palm Beach County, various schools districts in Florida are taking students and parents to truancy court to find the most hard-to-reach families in the midst of a national post-pandemic spike in chronic absenteeism.

A group that studies school absentee issues says students who chronically miss classes are more likely to drop out of high school and are more susceptible to being suspended.

The Florida education system has been in the spotlight lately after Gov. Ron DeSantis banned diversity and inclusion programs in public colleges and approved a controversial social studies curriculum.

Three state colleges will launch civics “academies” aimed at preparing high school and college students for careers in government, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday.

A federal judge in Texas last year declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program dead but left it intact while his order is appealed by the Justice Department and advocacy groups.

The state Department of Education on Tuesday touted results from 2022 standardized tests as narrowing achievement gaps, with Black and Hispanic students showing improvement on math and English-language arts exams.

A federal judge Monday rejected arguments to block a controversial new state law that restricts the way race-related concepts can be taught in classrooms and workplace training.

More than two years into the pandemic, many South Florida families are still struggling to afford to feed their kids. This summer, hundreds of schools and libraries are hosting meal sites where students can eat for free.