Maria Gonzalez of Dunnellon Elementary School and Grisell Santiago of P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School received the Excellence in Education Award earlier this month. The annual award was sponsored by Volunteer Florida, the Florida Department of Education and the Executive Office of the Governor as a part of Hispanic Heritage Month.
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Two years after Christian Aguilar's remains were found, the Aguilar family is trying to start a new life. Aguilar's brother Alex, though, wants to keep his memory alive.
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A week ago, making a trek across the University of Florida campus wasn’t much of an issue for most UF students. But after a recent string of similar assaults on and near the UF campus, many students are left on edge. “Now as soon as it falls dark, I get …
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The Florida Department of Education released a manual for small-scale horse operation best management practices in order to help preserve the state's water resources.
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In a study by the Florida Department of Education, low-performing schools were found to have a higher number of out-of-field teachers.
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The University of Florida partnered with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Thursday to bring a growing issue to light.
Read More »Restorative Justice Provides A New Way To Handle Student Conflict
Colleges around the country, including the University of Florida, are promoting restorative justice as a means to deal with student conflict. These practices focus on the needs of the victims, the offenders and the community rather than simply working to punish the offender.
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UF says more money is coming for several thousand graduate assistants
Read More »National Study Ranks UF College of Education
The University of Florida was ranked two-and-a-half out of four stars on a report released by the National Council on Teacher Quality.
Read More »UF President Bernie Machen pleased with new state budget, will not request tuition raise
After seeing Gov. Rick Scott would return $300 million that had previously been cut from the state's higher education budget, Bernie Machen said he would not raise tuition for the coming year beyond the normal inflation rate increase.
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