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In 2021 the Florida Board of Education prohibited teaching about critical race theory or the 1619 Project in public schools. [1]In April 2023, the Board of Education extended the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, often called the "Don't Say Gay" Act, from covering kindergarten to third grade students into covering the entire range of kindergarten to twelfth grade.
From the school year 2019-20 through the school year 2022-2023, enrollment in Florida's private schools grew to 445,000 students, an increase of 47,000. During the same period, the number of homeschooled children in the state rose to 154,000, an increase of 50,000 [ 3 ] Enrollment in the state's charter schools rose by 68,000 students in the ...
The measure grants vouchers or education savings accounts to all children in grades K-12, regardless of family income.
The Florida High School Athletic Association was founded on April 9, 1920, by a group of 29 high school principals which met on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville. The organization was founded as the Florida High School Athletic Association. The name was changed to Florida High School Activities Association in 1951.
The district contains 72,519 public school students in 82 schools. [32] [33] Students must pass a standardized test, the FSA, to graduate from high school. To avoid surprises, students are given practice tests and are tested several times before they reach 12th grade. To comply with state testing rules, the 2011–12 school year will start ...
Students need and deserve the opportunity to discover their passions and escape this crazy world in a book. I don’t know what this means for the future of libraries, books, and education.
The State of Florida requires students to take the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) each year in grades 3-10. Students' results from the FAST are compiled to generate a grade for each public school under former governor Jeb Bush's "A+ Plan." Under this plan, public schools receive a letter grade from A to F, depending on student ...
Due to recent legislation from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, students will need parental permission to be called by their nicknames or preferred names.