More than 300 local first-graders went to the North Florida Research and Education Center Wednesday morning, and another 350 are scheduled to arrive today for a hands-on lesson in farming and livestock care.

The old Golson Annex and the adjacent Family Services Center were renamed to reflect their new common goal. The new name was added before the start of the school year in August.

Who should be first in line for help from the government to pay for college? It’s a debate that hits hot-button questions about fairness and opportunity, and lately, many experts think the middle class has been winning.

WASHINGTON – Florida’s senators on Friday wrote to Education Secretary Arne Duncan asking for swift help so the state may qualify for the $2.7 billion it would get from a key funding category of the stimulus bill.

A Panhandle school due to open this fall will offer an innovative curriculum that includes yoga and an emphasis to a holistic approach to education. One thing it won’t have: Grades.

More than 330 disabled students at a South Florida private school can no longer use vouchers to pay their tuition because the state has accused the school of fraud.

Two South Florida moms who staged a weeklong hunger strike to protest cuts to public education funding have ended their protest.

The Florida Legislature neared agreement Wednesday on about $1.2 billion in spending cuts for schools, health care, social services and other state functions.

Florida kindergarten pupils have turned in the best overall results yet on screening tests in the four years since they began.

The new speaker of the Florida House was able to get $25.5 million in last year’s state budget for a Panhandle college where he is now a vice president, even though the school had only been slated to get $1 million, a newspaper reported Friday.

A St. Lucie County teacher who let her kindergarteners decide whether an autistic child could remain in class has been suspended.

A University of Florida fraternity is being investigated for alleged hazing.

State education officials in Florida have raised the price of the GED test from $50 to $70.

A Florida school board voted late Monday night to keep the name of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader at a majority black high school, despite opposition from a black board member who said the school’s namesake was a “terrorist and racist.“

It’s a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college.