Absenteeism in school districts throughout Florida skyrocketed beginning during the COVID-19 pandemic — and, confounding ...

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked high absenteeism in public schools statewide, and five years later thousands of students miss weeks of school each year. Nearly a third of students locally and ...

Florida reopened schools earlier than some states but faces the same challenges of large shares of students missing a lot of ...

Florida schools face alarming rise in student absences since pandemic Steven Walker, Leslie Postal and Scott Travis, Orlando Sentinel Thu, June 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM UTC ...

Marty McFly grabbed a guitar in “Back to the Future” and rocked out with the band at a 1950s high school dance, helping him ...

President Trump on Saturday said that he planned to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and ...

The 105th CIF State Track & Field Championships will take place Friday and Saturday at Buchanan High in Clovis. Here are some ...

The 74 reports that dozens of bills nationwide seek to address chronic absenteeism, and while some focus on support and ...

Hauling a tuba is hard work, and Florida is ready to acknowledge that. Florida marching band students can get credit for physical education or performing arts under new House Bill 1105 ...

Margaret Thornton, chief operations officer at Opportunity Community Ability Inc. in Central Florida, told WFTV that she felt "heartbroken for that student and their family because their life has ...

“Not on my watch.” Elijah Hooks, a political science student at FAMU and chief of staff at the Florida Student Association, pointed to recent attempts by DeSantis allies to overhaul the ...