School superintendent in the state capital calls on governor, education commissioner: 'Please send our children back to school' • Florida Phoenix School Supt. Rocky Hanna in Florida’s state capital called Thursday on Gov. Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to bring students back to school in August. “Governor DeSantis and Commissioner Corcoran, I know you’re watching live right now, as well. Please send our children back to school. We want them back,” said Hanna, whose […]

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Dealing with "losses of learning" during the coronavirus pandemic • Florida Phoenix With thousands of students likely to fall behind in their studies during the coronavirus pandemic, former Gov. Jeb Bush Tuesday discussed ways to get kids caught up. “There needs to be a focus on using some of the money coming from the federal government to deal with the losses of learning that have taken place,” […]

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Talking to a screen is not the same as talking to human beings in a room; Going to class is a ritual, an event • Florida Phoenix PLAGUE-RAVAGED TALLAHASSEE—I’m in the middle of talking to my senior literature students about Ralph Ellison’s great novel Invisible Man when the cat sticks his two-tone muzzle up to the tiny camera and scrubs his cheeks on the laptop lid. My students get a screen-full of feline face. The cat isn’t known for his scholarly dignity, […]

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