State Impact

Miami Herald reporter Michael Vasquez has spent a year digging into Florida's for-profit college industry for a series called Higher Ed Hustle. About...

When lawmakers return to Tallahassee in March for the annual legislative session, they have a lot of questions they need to answer about public school...

The School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) in Tallahassee has just over 300 students, and the waiting list to get in is much longer. Maureen Yoder is one of...

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush took a first step toward becoming a 2016 presidential candidate Tuesday.And that has many asking how his position on…

“Opt Out” groups are pushing back against what they say is too much standardized testing in Florida. The tests are changing as the state transitions to...

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed federal complaints against school districts in Broward, Hernando, Hillsborough and Volusia counties over...

Correction: An earlier version of this story identified Michael Kamen as the director of the the film, Mr. Holland's Opus. He in fact is the composer...

Many Florida students are returning to class this week, ready to share stories about their summer adventures.Teachers had a busy summer, too. Many took…

Add U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to those opposing shared education standards fully adopted by Florida and 44 other states. The standards, known as...

In the next few weeks, the man in charge of kindergarten through twelfth grade education in Florida has to answer a multiple choice question: Which