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“From Colored to Black” is a Gainesville play that reflects on past and current race disparities within the north central Florida African American community.
Read More »Theater Production Spotlights Local Racial History To Inform, Educate
Most K-12 Schools Don’t Teach It, But These Gainesville Students Are Learning to Code
A group of Gainesville pupils ages 9 to 11 take on a coding assignment that uses Scratch, an introductory program created by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Read More »Florida Department of Education Reviewing Alachua County’s Proposed Discrete Math Course
Alachua County students are one step away from being able to take a new math course.
Read More »Save a Life Tour Makes Stop In Gainesville
The Save a Life tour spent Friday at Buchholz High School teaching students about the dangers of impaired and distracted driving.
Read More »Alachua County School District Officials Raise Concerns About Hope Scholarships For Bullied Students
Nearly 2,500 Florida students have applied for a scholarship intended to help victims of bullying.
Read More »Half-Cent Sales Tax Brings Improvements And New Elementary School To Gainesville
Southwest Gainesville will get a new elementary school, and every school in the county will receive money for improvements from the half-cent sales tax Alachua County voters approved in November.
Read More »Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park Continues To Serve Gainesville Locals Despite Construction
Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park has seen a decrease in visitors since its most popular attraction, the sinkhole, has been under construction. However, Gainesville locals continue to enjoy the park through other outdoor activities and classes.
Read More »Alachua County Public Schools Seek Grant To Balance Achievement Gaps
Alachua County School District has asked for $1.2 million in grants to further assist schools in need.
Read More »‘We Loved Her More Than Anyone’: 200 Attend Memorial For School Librarian
One by one, at least 20 pupils stepped to the podium Thursday at Stephen Foster Elementary School in Gainesville to remember Leslie “Lisa” Williams, their librarian and media teacher.
Read More »Hawthorne Middle/High’s Fate Still Undecided With Initial Release Of 2018 School Accountability Report
Hawthorne was one of more than 80 schools across the state to receive an "I" for incomplete.
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