Following the protests after the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, thousands of people took to the streets in Florida to protest police brutality, which led to arrests of multiple individuals who now face charges for their actions. Jamie Bullock and Chukwudi Uche were accused of striking an […]
Author: Felicity DeGaetano, CORRESPONDENT
OPINION: Florida abortion bill threat to bodily autonomy
Florida State Rep. Webster Barnaby filed HB 167 on Sept. 22, an anti-abortion bill which forces physicians to test for a “fetal heartbeat” when a woman tries to get an abortion and reject the procedure if one is detected. Barnaby’s proposal would ban abortions after six weeks, punish doctors with […]
OPINION: New FAST testing is the future of K-12 student assessments
Florida plans to replace the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) with a different system to monitor student progress periodically, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Sept. 14 at a press conference. This new test, the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST), will periodically assess student performance throughout the school year. FAST has the […]