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Parents and experts worry about pandemic-related learning loss as national data show millions of students are falling behind.
Read More »Over A Third Of Alachua County Public Schools Students Fall Behind As The School Year Closes
Racial Justice Essay Contest Invites Students to Take Part in a Better Future
The Equal Justice Initiative and the ACCRP are partnering to provide students with a racial justice essay scholarship contest.
Read More »Florida Legislation That Would Mandate A Moment Of Silence In Public Schools Advances In Senate
Florida is currently one of 18 states that allow school districts the option of implementing a moment of silence at the beginning of the day.
Read More »‘What They Would Have Been’: Asian Students React To Anti-Asian Racism
In interviews over the past two weeks, students in the community described how they felt about the recent events.
Read More »Two Candidates Qualify In Each Of Gainesville’s Two 2021 City Commission Races
Friday marked the end of the qualifying period for Gainesville's two opening city commission seats.
Read More »Tech4Success Aims To Fill The Opportunity Gap For Low-Income Families In Virtual Learning
The program aims to give more opportunities to low-income families that are participating in virtual learning by giving them access to educational technology and support.
Read More »On Election Day, Democracy Rested In His Hands
Dekova Batey woke up on Tuesday more than two hours before the sun came up. 4:30 was early. Even for him. But it was the day that all of America had been anticipating. Election Day.
Read More »Alachua County’s Inaugural Poet Laureate Turns Passion Into Public Service
E. Stanley Richardson will serve as Alachua County's first poet laureate, a position that has a two-year term.
Read More »Eastside High Culinary Students Among Finalists In Postposed NASA HUNCH Challenge
A team of culinary students from Eastside High School in Gainesville qualified to compete in a national competition in which the first-place team get to feed the astronauts in space.
Read More »‘Best Dish in the Galaxy?’: Eastside High Culinary Students Await Word From NASA
Students from the Institute of Culinary Arts at Eastside competed against teams from the International Studies Preparatory Academy (ISPA) in Coral Gables and Nature Coast Technical High School in Brooksville, near Tampa.
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