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Puerto Rico, the nation's sixth-largest school district, is in crisis. It's both uniquely vulnerable to natural disasters and unusually ill-equipped to help children recover from them.

Some videos downplay slavery, question whether humans really cause climate change, and insert opinions into what otherwise appears to be educational content for children.

Across the U.S., teachers are quitting. This year more than a third of K-12 teachers who responded to a Merrimack College Teacher Survey say they’re planning to quit within the next two years.

Teachers and administrators, already facing long hours and low pay, now find themselves under pressure from politicians, parents and even their own school districts.

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

Andrew Spar, Florida Education Association president, said the latest series of Supreme Court rulings has already muddied separation of church and state.

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.

Skyrocketing housing costs are pushing the Monroe County school board to once again consider getting into the landlord business. Officials are reviewing a plan to build 76 affordable housing units on district land.

Now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law, teachers fear it will muzzle speech and further stigmatize LGBTQ youth.

Workers at one Starbucks store in Hialeah are trying to form a union. Unethia Fox wanted to be a lawyer until she stepped into the classroom and realized her passion was helping students. She’s the 2023 teacher of the year. Finally, The Miami Herald’s Food Editor Carlos Frias is back with a new season of the podcast La Ventanita.

Out of 4,489 current teacher vacancies, 1,321 are in teaching jobs that deal with students who have special needs.

A new poll from the nation's largest teachers union finds burnout is widespread, and more educators say they're thinking about leaving.