Hillsborough schools cut back on Shakespeare, citing new Florida rules

English teachers in Hillsborough County are preparing lessons for the new school year with only excerpts from William Shakespeare’s works.

Students will be assigned pages from the classics, which might include “Macbeth,” “Hamlet” and the time-honored teen favorite, “Romeo and Juliet.” But if they want to read them in their entirety, they will likely have to do it on their own time.

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Bill that directs more local districts’ taxes to charter schools headed for final House passage

Using current figures, the bill would mean charter schools would get $490M annually that's now going to public schools' capital expenditures.

Legislation that would transfer hundreds of millions of dollars from traditional public schools to charter schools’ capital budgets by 2028, is ready for final House approval.

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Fascism’s History Offers Lessons about Today’s Attacks on Education

Public education has long been a battlefield in the U.S., from the Scopes trial to desegregation to climate change. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s recent demands for greater control over public education—and students’ bodies—in the guise of “parent’s rights” accelerates this conflict, rejecting the importance of learning as a public good in itself in favor of promoting conformity and uncritical thinking.....MORE