education

Melissa Anne Matz, a seventh grade math teacher at Lakeside Junior High School in Clay County, has been named as a finalist for the 2023 Florida Teacher of the Year award.

The US Department of State operates the Foreign Service Institute, and if you’ve wondered how long it would require your English-speaking self to achieve proficiency to speak and read a new language, the map above shows the different time frames.

University of South Florida pure mathematics and microbiology student Alexander Mercier is the university’s first Rhodes Scholarship finalist.

USF biomedical engineering graduates are receiving national recognition for a prototype device designed to help the critical shortage of ventilators in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children’s academic success shouldn’t be predetermined by their zip codes, and parents shouldn’t have to worry that where they live will limit their children’s educational opportunities.

Most adults don’t have the academic aptitude of 12-year-old Caleb Anderson.

In just over a month, more than 1,400 Florida State students and 26 staff members have tested positive for Coronavirus.

If there’s anything that 2020 has taught college students, it is how to take advantage of life’s little things.

The Chronicle of Higher Education estimates 5 million students will be in-person at colleges this fall.

Public schools nationwide have closed for the rest of the year, prompting students to transition to online classes and parents to step in as homeschool teachers.

The University of South Florida’s Patel College of Global Sustainability released a new study on Feb. 20, 2020, showing that Florida’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs are booming and producing significant economic and environmental benefits for the state.

Any day now, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ new Title IX regulations will be published. Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination and harassment in education on the basis of sex in any educational programs or activities that receive federal funding.

Baptist Medical Center Nassau is marking its fifth year in the nationally recognized Tipping the Scale youth mentoring and summer employment program.

Florida has two universities in the top 25 best colleges ranking according to the 2020 list by U.S. News & World Report.

Summer is in full swing, and if you have a high school student interested in higher education, now is a great time to start planning.

Lauren’s Kids, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching adults and children about sexual abuse prevention and helping survivors heal, has released a new resource for parents to keep their children safe.

Did you know? Florida is the only state that has two rivers with the same name – Withlacoochee in north central Florida (Madison County) and Withlacoochee in central Florida.