StateImpact Florida

Two years ago the Florida High School Athletic Association, or FHSAA, passed a wildly unpopular mandate, requiring girls lacrosse players to wear head…

Lineth Mardomingo, a third-grader at Coral Terrace Elementary School, calls her latest piece of art, "Spinny Scroll." The piece is inspired by a memory...

Thousands of the most dramatic teenagers in Florida are in downtown Tampa this week for the annual state conference of the International Thespian…

The Florida House of Representatives last week wrestled with key education proposals. Robin Sussingham of StateImpact Florida spoke with Kristen Clark, a…

Physics is the most fundamental of sciences; it's an essential stepping stone for careers in engineering or science. But around the country, fewer than 40…

As soon as the fourth and fifth graders at Natural Bridge Elementary were handed the lyrics to "Amazing Grace," they were ready to sing out.But first,…

It’s game day in the 8th grade International Baccalaureate design class at Ada Merritt K-8 Center in Little Havana in Miami.The games the students are…

It sounded like a story guaranteed to irritate taxpayers: a national study out of Rutgers university says more and more public high school students are…

In Brigette Kinney’s design class at Ada Merritt K-8 center in Miami, one of the key concepts is editing and revising ideas after getting feedback.Her 8th…

Last week the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released the results of a global study looking at the effect of technology on…

For weeks now, Palm Beach County schools have struggled to get students to classes on time.Bus routes have been redrawn. And the district sent up flares,…

Evans High School in Orange County used to be known as a dropout factory. But since 2007, it's gone from a double-F to a B school - in one of Orlando's…