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The arrangement with schools in Pinellas marks a foray into education for the Buccaneers' superstar and his methods — including some that have been criticized as pseudoscience.

After the disruption and trauma of the pandemic, educators say kids still need added support this year. In some schools, they're making emotional wellness part of the curriculum.

The pandemic caused some kids to fall behind on routine immunizations, and Florida has some of the lowest child COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country.

Starting practice at the hottest time of year, football players face dangers from the heat. Georgia high school heat rules have turned the state into a national model.

The teacher “testified that, consistent with his training in natural sciences, he believes it is very important to ask questions and not blindly obey, or go along with, mandates,” and disputed the effectiveness of masks.

In this episode of What's Health Got to Do with It, experts weigh in on physical, mental, sexual and dietary health care considerations to help parents make informed decisions.

COVID-19 protocols are somewhat relaxed, including optional masks, but school districts in the seven-county region suggest students who are experiencing symptoms should stay home.

An attorney for the plaintiff said students paid fees for transportation, health care and athletics that were not provided because of the shutdown. The lawsuit seeks refunds of those fees, not tuition.

In one of a series of similar cases across the state, a circuit judge has tossed out a potential class-action lawsuit that argued Florida State University should refund money to students because of a campus shutdown early in the pandemic.

The release comes as new data reveals just 53 percent of Florida's third-graders passed the state’s reading test.