Florida Board of Education

Vice President Kamala Harris will swipe at new standards for teaching Black history in Florida during a trip to Jacksonville.

The board approved changes to a rule to help carry out a controversial new law that expanded a prohibition on instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.

Teachers and Democratic lawmakers said the standards present only half the story about Black history — including the idea that slaves benefited from new skills.

The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved a rule that will lead to Florida officials publishing an annual list of library books and instructional materials that have drawn public objections."

Lawmakers are poised to extend the Parents Rights in Education law to higher grade levels, but the education board beat them to it by expanding the rule to including Grades 4-12.

The letter to the College Board regarding “AP classroom” the Florida Department of Education references a back-and-forth between the two entities that goes back to last year.

The superintendent of Broward County Public Schools didn't join the district until months after a grand jury finished its work. But as the fallout around the grand jury's report continues, the chair of the state Board of Education is suggesting she should be suspended.

Wrote the plaintiffs: “Throughout Florida, schools are taking extraordinary measures to purge any trace of LGBT people from schools, and teachers are afraid to show any support for LGBT students.”

Lawyers in Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office say the Legislature has discretion to make choices about school curriculums.

Several Florida school boards are being sued for changing their LGBTQ guidelines and removing similar material from their libraries and classrooms in response.

School board campaigns officially are non-partisan races, but this year — more than ever — politics is front and center. What’s at stake for parents, teachers, students and voters when state politics comes to public school boards?

As education commissioner, Corcoran helped oversee the state college system. After he stepped down as education commissioner, the governor appointed him to the Board of Governors.