NBC22h
Florida education scores hit 20-year low as COVID-19 impact lingers, mirroring national average
Florida’s reading and math scores have dropped to their lowest levels in two decades, reflecting ongoing struggles in the ...
Florida reading, math scores fall to lowest mark in more than 20 years on nation’s report card
Florida students scored significantly worse on national reading tests taken last year than in 2022, mirroring a continuing ...
Florida public school student numbers drop since the COVID-19 pandemic
Florida has five of the nation’s 10 largest school districts based on enrollment. Miami-Dade County ranks third in the latest ...
FOX 35 Orlando on MSN1d
These items were found in Florida time capsule buried 25 years ago
In the year 2000, a time capsule was buried within a wall near the chapel of Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, and now staff members are revealing what was found inside.
health.wusf.usf.edu9d
USF public health expert reflects on COVID-19 in the U.S. after five years
USF public health professor Donna Petersen says collaboration was critical in helping community leaders respond to the ...
The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
The nuanced finding suggests the agency believes the totality of evidence makes a lab origin more likely than a natural ...
Raw Story on MSN11d
Ex-Florida lawmaker arrested and accused of stealing $122K in pandemic money
A former state representative from central Florida has been arrested on federal fraud charges, reported the Orlando Sentinel.
Former state Rep. Carolina Amesty charged with stealing COVID-19 relief funds
U.S. prosecutors are charging former state Rep. Carolina Amesty with stealing from the federal government’s COVID-19 relief ...
Former Florida Rep. Carolina Amesty accused of COVID-19 relief fraud, federal complaint says
Former state Rep. Carolina Amesty is accused of fraudulent activity involving COVID-19 relief funds, according to federal ...
Tampa Bay Times6d
Florida public school student numbers drop since the COVID-19 pandemic
The big story: Florida has five of the nation’s 10 ... districts have seen their enrollments decrease since the COVID-19 pandemic. Nine of the top 10 districts experienced dips, some as high ...