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SCOTUS errs on Green appeal; COVID's not over: Letters to the editor, March 12, 2023
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDid SCOTUS even read Green appeal? The Supreme Court's refusal to review Crosley Green’s conviction...
How DeSantis and Florida Republicans are reshaping higher education
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and conservative state lawmakers are frequent...
Effort to ban books with graphic public readings spreads in Florida
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe big story: The strategy of attempting to get books removed from Florida schools by reading graphic excerpts aloud at public board meetings is gaining traction among conservative and right-wing ...
Inside the tense talks between Columbia protesters and administrators before NYPD moved in
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoAs one of the lead negotiators for students protesting inside the grounds of Columbia University,...
Florida schools tackle bus woes as parent, student frustrations mount
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe big story: Bus driver vacancies are nothing new. We’ve heard stories of students arriving late for classes and late back home for months, if not years. That doesn’t excuse the lack of solutions ...
Florida district offers misleading school grade statistics to tout successes
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe big story: The Hillsborough County school district has 14 schools rated D or F by the state. District officials like to focus their attention on a handful of long struggling “transformation ...
This Florida college chose a president outside the DeSantis orbit
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoThe big story: Pasco-Hernando State College has a new president, and it isn’t someone from Gov. Ron DeSantis’ orbit. That’s despite having state Juvenile Justice Secretary Eric Hall, a Pasco ...
Florida lawmakers tackle name-image-likeness laws for university athletes
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe big story: When efforts to allow university athletes to benefit from the marketing of their name, image and likeness was in its infancy, Florida lawmakers stepped out front with legislation ...
School employee unions struggle to meet tougher state rules to survive
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe big story: Public sector workers throughout Florida, including teachers and non-instructional school employees, voiced loud opposition in 2023 as state lawmakers pushed through legislation ...
