Education

Shelley and guest commenter Lakeland's civic journalist, Billy Townsend opened the phone lines and held a Talk Back Town Hall, letting our listeners guide our discussion on State Politics, DeSantis' cronyism and grifting, Richard Corcoran's...

School shooting threats in Tampa region continue Statewide, school districts have been inundated with false shooting threats. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood’s message to students and their parents is if a kid gets arrested for...

WMNF Sunday Forum host, Walter Smith, II and his family were honored to participate in a ceremony today to rename a portion of N. Albany Avenue in honor of his father, Dr. Walter L. Smith....

By Julia Saad The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE, is a bipartisan organization that advocates for academic freedom and free speech. FIRE surveyed college students nationwide about perceptions of their First Amendment...

Listen: Hillsborough County public schools have faced nearly two hundred school shooting threats since the deadly shooting at a high school in Georgia this month.  Top officials call it frustrating.  There have been 181 threats...

Flags to fly half-mast in honor of September 11th attack From sunrise to sunset today, both the U.S. and Florida’s state flags will be flown at half-staff. Governor Ron DeSantis signed a proclamation honoring the...

Listen: Florida schools are reconsidering what science textbooks will go into classrooms.  Here’s what happening in Pasco County. All elementary and middle school science courses will have new textbooks up for consideration. Same goes for...

Listen: A group of authors and the nation’s largest publishers filed a lawsuit in federal court against Florida’s public officials.  They’re challenging a 2023 state law that restricts books in school libraries.   The law allows...

Protest at Honeymoon Island State Park over the development of pickleball courts has caused a halt in the development plan meeting.

Listen: Getting an emotional support animal on a Hillsborough County Public School’s campus may become more difficult.  A proposed policy at a School Board workshop would tighten restrictions and require a committee to make a...

United Faculty of Florida objected to a directive by the university system chancellor to review materials for “antisemitic” or “anti-Israeli” bias.

  Latoya Lovett, granddaughter of Mrs. Aquilla J. Morgan and Paul Maple grandson of Mr. James M. Berrien are working to ensure their grand parents’ legacy in Wimauma, FL, a community in Hillsborough County. Sunday...