Education

Between metal detectors and cell-phone bans, schools are looking more like prisons these days. Are body cavity searches next?

One parent called his daughter’s school a “shit show” this morning after metal detectors caused long lines for students heading into class.

“We are not training enough new scientists,” said the director of FIU’s International Center for Tropical Botany.

University of Miami president Julio Frenk is stepping down after nine years at the helm.

Free-speech group FIRE says Florida schools undertook “proactive” book bans in 2023 rather than risk breaking state law.

An anonymous letter chided the chief over apparent onstage butt-touching at a university awards ceremony.

The ACLU noted that “there does not seem to be any credentialing required to become a volunteer chaplain in Florida’s public schools.”

As public schools face challenges ranging from book bans to teacher shortages, microschools have grown in popularity across South Florida.

An FIU student said the bill would have dealt a crushing financial blow to students “for expressing our views and acting on them non-violently.”

When investigators searched Lubby Navarro’s home, they found it was stocked with pricey items allegedly funded by a county credit card.

Moms for Liberty implored voters to elect Monica Colucci last year, professing, “Change is upon us.”

A Moms for Liberty member implored Santa Rosa deputies to investigate a school librarian for allowing student access to a popular fantasy novel.

“I wasn’t bowling,” notes Brenda Fam, who is working from home after a refrigerator door fell on her.

“It is not hyperbole to say that I feel like books saved my life,” says English’s partner at Bookshop.org.

Oh bother! Winnie-the-Pooh went on a murderous rampage in full view of fourth graders.

Notable contributors include best-selling author Jodi Picoult, Hunger Games creator Suzanne Collins, and novelist James Patterson.

Taking the lead on education censorship, Florida banned more books than the next three leading states combined, according to PEN America.

One man claimed that acknowledging LGBTQ History Month would be akin to “voting for Sodom and Gomorrah.”

More than 30 years after its publication, Daddy’s Roommate has once again found itself the target of censorship.

Run through the new anti-“woke” laws that are reshaping classrooms.

Florida students returning to school will be confronted with a flurry of new rules that regulate their nicknames, where they use the bathroom, and what’s uttered in their classrooms.

“Love is the best kind of happiness.”