Polk County Schools

The committees held their first meeting Tuesday night. They consist of 34 adults including parents and community members, and 15 high school juniors and seniors.

While many Florida school districts are facing complaints about books deemed inappropriate for minors, not all officials are in full support of banning them.

Going forward, parents will be notified a week before these lessons and can pull their student out of discussions on certain subjects — or the whole lesson

The books have not been banned, but removed for the time being, while a thorough review of each piece takes place, according to the district.

Sarasota Schools are not requiring masks right now.

Maude Graham talks to children about how failure isn't a dead-end, how they must have a plan B and plan C in place, and encourages them to avoid a fixed mindset which means making the same mistake again and again.

Frederick R. Heid, school superintendent in Algonquin, Ill., is a USF graduate who served as a teacher and principal at middle schools in Orlando.

K-12 schools across the greater Tampa Bay region have made some adjustments to their policies on coronavirus since the start of the school year.

Children can get a package of meals to feed them over the holiday break, thanks to a USDA-funded initiative that extends year-round what is normally a summer food program.

Polk County Schools have temporarily suspended winter sports after more than 50 student-athletes tested positive for coronavirus.

Kathleen Middle School will remain closed until next week as workers continue to clean up damage spawned by a tornado from Tropical Storm Nestor over the…

Nine county school boards, including Polk County, are going to the Florida Supreme Court in a battle about the constitutionality of a controversial 2017…