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Wildfire Smoke From Canada Creates Unhealthy Air Quality in Florida
Moderate to unhealthy air quality was being reported across the state on Tuesday as smoke filtered down to the surface.
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Florida Considers Tough Discipline for College Staff Who Break Bathroom Law
The Latest The Florida State Board of Education is expected to vote Wednesday on new rules at state colleges for transgender employees and students that are intended to comply with a law, passed in May, restricting access to bathrooms. According to ...
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The College Board Says A.P. Psychology Is ‘Effectively Banned’ in Florida
The nonprofit said it would not remove a section on gender and sexual orientation, as Florida had requested, and advised districts not to offer the course.
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Leprosy May Be Endemic in Central Florida, Scientists Report
The News Leprosy, a fearsome scourge of ancient civilizations, may have become a permanent fixture in Florida, according to a new study. The authors described a 54-year-old man who was diagnosed with the illness but had no known risk factors and had ...
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Disney District, Now Under DeSantis’s Control, Ends Its D.E.I. Programs
The News The special district that governs the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida announced on Tuesday that it was ending its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a decision that is firmly in line with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s efforts to limit such ...
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Florida Schools Question Content on Gender and Sexuality in A.P. Psychology
The Latest Advanced Placement Psychology is the subject of the latest skirmish in the monthslong battle between the state of Florida and the College Board. The board said in a statement released on Thursday afternoon that several Florida school ...
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Florida’s New Black History Standards Have Drawn Backlash. Who Wrote Them?
In updating the standards to comply with a new law that limits how racism can be taught, officials largely bypassed the state’s African American History Task Force.
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Ron DeSantis Wants to Tell the Future by Controlling the Past
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida was, along with his state’s Board of Education, embroiled in a controversy over a new curriculum for student instruction in African American history. Most of the coverage, and much of the outrage, focused on a ...
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DeSantis Faces Swell of Criticism Over Florida’s New Standards for Black History
In one benchmark, middle schoolers would learn that enslaved Americans developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”
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Why California and Florida Have Become Almost Uninsurable
As different as California and Florida are, they share one big problem: Insurance companies are curtailing business in the two states. Some aren’t writing new policies. Others are going further and not renewing policies as they expire. I’m picturing ...