Little Wings of Prayer, a daycare and private school in Hernando County since 2018, is subject of an investigation opened in 2024 into a mass transfer of students (and their state-funded scholarships) from a separate school two hours away, according to administrative law Judge Robert Telfer III.
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Florida bill would allow high schoolers to graduate without passing algebra or English final exams
The bill does not have a companion in the House, which will have to pass it before the governor could sign it into law.
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Teachers union criticizes Florida for keeping history standard touting ‘benefits’ of slavery
The board, meeting in Miami, signed off on some changes to social-studies standards for public schools.
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Florida will appeal ruling after judge says state can’t enforce pronoun law against teacher
Walker’s decision said that the law violated the First Amendment.
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Florida lawmakers push to remove language saying slaves benefited from slavery from state curriculum
Gov. Ron DeSantis has championed eliminating Critical Race Theory from public schools.
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Florida Education officials are now going after college sociology courses
The Principles of Sociology class, which still would be available to students, would no longer count toward fulfilling required social-science coursework.
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Florida approves school ‘curriculum’ from unaccredited conservative academic group PragerU
PragerU is not an accredited academic institution, and has a history of “downplaying systemic racism and promoting anti-immigrant theories.”
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Vice President Harris blasts Florida ‘extremists’ over education guidelines about slavery
“It is a reasonable expectation that our children will not be misled…”
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Second lawsuit refiled against Florida’s so-called ‘don’t say gay’ law
Republican lawmakers this year titled the measure the “Parental Rights in Education” bill.
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Opponents try again to block Florida’s so-called ‘don’t say gay’ law
The challenge, filed Thursday in the Northern District of Florida, argues that the plaintiffs have suffered “concrete harms” from the law.