Education
-
I’m helping my college-age kid fill out the 2025-2026 FAFSA. Here’s what to know.
If the financial aid fiasco last year had you, like me, coming up with creative alternatives for the FAFSA acronym, you can take a big, deep breath. This year, the process is so much easier. Or maybe you’re a FAFSA newbie, and you have no knowledge of 2023’s drama—you just want the quick ‘n’ easy…
-
Beyond the election: FAU Democrats work to rebuild trust and momentum
Democrats need to remind voters that they are the people’s party, and not the party of the coastal elite, students say. The 2024 election results delivered a decisive win for Republicans. Florida wasn’t the exception. Quickly after Donald J. Trump was elected as 47th president, many Democrats across the country wondered what went wrong and…
-
Trump nominates former WWE head, private school voucher advocate for Education secretary
McMahon is relatively unknown in education circles, although she has expressed support for charter schools and private school vouchers.
-
Florida teachers unions challenge DeSantis’ controversial union law in federal court
They sued over a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2023 that requires more public workers to pay dues in order to keep their unions alive, while simultaneously making it harder for employees to pay those dues.
-
Six years after Parkland, the bloodstained building will finally be demolished
The victims’ families have been invited to witness the first blows to the building. They have divergent views about the demolition.
-
10 million books and counting: How the AFT-First Book partnership is boosting literacy
Books change lives, and this weekend, First Book and AFT will be giving away thousands in their partnership to get more kids reading.
-
Satanic Temple leader wants to debate religious freedom with DeSantis
As the bill was moving through the state legislative process, The Satanic Temple threatened to sue the state if any of its members were excluded from the school chaplain program.
-
-
Biden cancels student loan debt for 21,280 more Floridians
Friday’s announcement is just the latest round of student debt cancellation enacted by the Biden administration, which has approved relief for more than 4.3 million people so far, including 180,130 people in Florida.
-
Biden unveils new plan for student debt relief
The president’s plan builds on existing debt cancellation efforts and would extend loan relief to more than 30 million borrowers.
