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Opposition among parents and teachers is brewing over the introduction of a pilot program that would bring year-round classes to two Alachua County schools.
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The Florida High School Athletic Association could potentially sanction competitive video gaming, or esports, as an official sport, amid growing interest from member schools.
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Selected people read aloud excerpts and poems from books banned or challenged by the Florida state government, or works that have been challenged in the past. Topics included literature exploring African Americans, anti-war themes and the Holocaust. Attendees were also given the chance to take home a banned book.
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Some Alachua County kids are making their own money, joining others on a nationwide uptick of child entrepreneurship. In 2022, approximately 77% of individuals aged 14 to 21 are already earning their own income and 42% express confidence in their potential to invent something that will revolutionize the world, according to Statista.
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Florida Gateway College president, Lawrence Barnett, and University of Florida College of Liberal Arts dean, David Richardson, approved the Going Gator transfer program’s expansion to the Lake City state college on Thursday
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Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, criticized universities for incentivizing participation in the survey in a social media post to X on Wednesday.
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The team of seventh graders from Lincoln Middle School pondered the question: How many U.S. Supreme Court justices must agree for one side to win its case?
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Since the district changed its book challenging process in early February, parents and residents have challenged 16 books in Alachua County.
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The team recently earned a NASA sponsorship for its work in assistive technology
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The P.K. Yonge School Advisory Council met Tuesday night to discuss the proposal to make the school’s historically inclusive admissions process more selective.
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After more than 1,200 objections were filed to school-library books and other materials last school year, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a bill that will limit challenges by some people.