Education

Jeanette Nuñez Announces $1.8 Million for Miami Dade College Construction Trade Institute

This week, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez announced more than $1.8 million awarded to Miami-Dade College through the Governor’s Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to...

Aaron Bean: ‘Chinese Communist Party Influence is Rampant in American Classrooms’

This week, the U.S. House Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee, which is led by U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., held a hearing...

Grazie Pozo Christie Opinion: Florida Scholarship Programs Are a Smart Investment

My friend Andrea recently brought her daughter Sofia over for a visit. A precocious and ebullient little kindergartner, Sofia wanted to show me her...

Florida Education Commissioner: Participation in Apprenticeship Programs on the Rise in Sunshine State

Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. announced increased participation in Florida’s apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs, with a 14 percent increase in the active number...

Scott Franklin, Greg Steube: FEMA Needs to Stop Delaying Hurricane Ian Funds to DeSoto, Charlotte County Schools

Last week, U.S. Reps. Scott Franklin, R-Fla., and Greg Steube, R-Fla. sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell...

Florida TaxWatch Looks at Federal Student Loan Debt in Sunshine State, Presents Economic Analysis of Cancellation

This week, Florida TaxWatch (FTW) released “An Update on Student Loan Forgiveness,” an economic commentary providing a comprehensive overview of federal student loan debt...

Margaret Spellings Opinion: New Civics Program Can Help Bolster American Democracy

Proposed changes to the U.S. citizenship exam have renewed the question of how many natural-born American citizens could pass this basic civics test. The...

Ron DeSantis: Every School District in Florida Open After Hurricane Idalia

This week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that on Thursday, just one week since Hurricane Idalia passed through Florida, all 67 school districts will be...

Ron DeSantis Names Moms for Liberty Co-Founder to Florida Ethics Commission

This week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Tina Descovich and Luis Fuste to the Florida Commission on Ethics. Tina Descovich Descovich is the Co-Founder...

Thomas Kelly Opinion: Florida is Helping Lead the Charge on Civics Education

The need for stronger civics instruction has never been clearer. As recently released test scores revealed, American students simply do not possess the civics...

Jonathan Den Hartog Opinion: Make American History Dramatic Again

Public debates have recently focused on school history standards – what the Advanced Placement program should teach in its African-American Studies course and what...

Ron DeSantis: School Choice Expansion Working in Florida

At the end of last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that almost 430,000 applications have been received from students for a scholarship under the...