Florida Senator Danny Burgess has proposed a pilot program to ban cell phones in six school districts. The program aims to improve student focus and interaction by eliminating cell phone distractions.

The Florida Department of Education and the school district have set policies for managing school funds and mandate that schools have one designated checking account to collect money. Resignation ...

The Florida Department of Education's Charter School Review Commission approved the application to convert Newberry Elementary School into a public charter school. The decision comes despite ...

For the state college system, which is governed by the Florida Department of Education, the bill allows for the appointment, reappointment, suspension and extension of a president without ...

Florida’s Department of Education once published regular reports on its website tracking student enrollment and the cost of scholarships in its voucher programs. But in the wake of the state’s ...

The Florida Department of Education said in a statement sent to the Miami Herald that they are proud to be an example for the nation on education issues, creating policies which support charter ...

10 Tampa Bay reached out to the Florida Department of Education multiple times for comment and to see whether it's preparing for the federal department to be scaled back. We have not heard back yet.

About 82 percent of Florida’s voucher students attend religious schools, most of them Christian, according to data from the Florida Department of Education. And a big chunk are in Florida’s ...