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Lee County students clean up as new Carson Scholarship recipients named

A slew of students in Lee County were recently awarded the Carson Scholarship Fund, $1,000 that will be put into a trust until they graduate from high school and attend a four-year college or university. There were 36 new scholars for the 2022 Carson Scholarship Fund in Lee County and 89 ...

‘High-stakes’ testing eliminated

What critics have come to call “high-stakes testing” is no more in Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1048 earlier this week, which will replace the Florida Standards Assessments with progress monitoring, a measure the School District of Lee County has been doing for many ...

STREAM Symposium Monday at Bishop Verot High School

More than 500 Catholic school teachers and administrators as well as pastors, corporate sponsors and community leaders are expected to attend the inaugural STREAM (Science, Technology, Religion, Educa-tion, Arts and Mathematics) Symposium hosted by The Diocese of Venice Department of Education ...

Education Notes 3-18-22

Oasis Charter Schools receive STEM award The city of Cape Coral Oasis Charter Schools was recognized recently as the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association 2021-22 STEM Schools of Excellence. Oasis Charter Schools is one of 11 public and private schools nationwide ...

Two North High teachers, teacher from Skyline, named Golden Apple Recipients

Two North Fort Myers High School teachers and a first grade teacher from Skyline Elementary in Cape Coral are among the six Golden Apple Recipients for 2022. Taylor Ashby and Kaleigh Stewart of North Fort Myers High, and Stephanie Osterhouse, of Skyline Elementary, will receive the highest ...

Learning loss: Students impacted by pandemic’s ripple effects

The pandemic has impacted Lee County students, some profoundly, with 56 percent of second graders performing at a kindergarten level in reading basics. In August, there were children returning to school who had not been on campus for two years. Absenteeism became a huge factor. And ...