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The Miami-Dade County School Board is holding a special meeting on July 28 to discuss the consequences of not offering sex education. More than 2,000 people have signed a petition urging the district to adopt new sex ed teaching materials, after the board voted to toss out two textbooks.
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A textbook company is pushing back against a subpoena issued by Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office in an investigation into pricing of school instructional materials, saying the state’s request for documents involves scrutinizing millions of emails and would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Small school districts may have paid thousands more in textbook costs than their larger counterpartsSome of Florida’s most financially strapped small school districts could have paid thousands of dollars more for textbooks than their larger counterparts, and local officials are asking state leaders to do something about it.
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Democratic State Sen. Gary Farmer talks about his own party’s current shortcomings. A Florida educator who teaches future teachers has something to say about the state’s education policies. Plus, we talk with the publisher of Islandia Journal about extinct species and hidden Florida history.
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South Florida schools may have to scramble to purchase new math textbooks after the state rejected some of their selections, saying the books may contain material that’s unsuitable for public schools.
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House Higher Education Appropriations Chairman Rene Plasencia, R-Orlando, told reporters the stipend was “subsidizing textbook companies.”
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A new law allows any Florida resident to question what's being taught in the state's public schools. A handful of complaints have been filed in school...