Former head of NSA leading effort to increase cybersecurity workforce

The former director of the National Security and National Intelligence agencies is now in Tampa, working to help fill a 500,000 shortfall in cybersecurity professionals.

AMI Kids to stop operations, second arrest made after student injured

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice is freezing enrollment indefinitely at a school for at-risk youth after a student's skull was fractured, allegedly during an incident with a staff member.

Comedian raises money to send bullied boy to Disney after heartbreaking video goes viral

People around the world are rallying behind a 9-year-old boy in Australia after heartbreaking video of him went viral, showing him despondent and saying he wanted to die because of relentless bullying.

Watch: Boy tells mom 'I want to die' after continued bullying at school

A mother in Australia posted a heartbreaking video on Facebook of her son as he told her he wanted to die because of the bullying he endures at school.

Students get hands-on introduction to careers in construction

The Hillsborough County fairgrounds were alive Tuesday with the sound of construction. More than 1,000 area high school students came to the fairgrounds Tuesday for Construction Career Day.

Polk schools administrator suspended for allegedly making threats over teacher rally

The superintendent of Polk County schools put one of her top administrators on notice after he allegedly sent threatening text messages to the president of the Polk County Education Association.

Florida considers merging New College, Florida Poly into FSU, UF

Lawmakers and leaders of New College of Florida and Florida Polytechnic University are pushing back against a House plan that would merge the two schools into Florida State University and the University of Florida.

Pinellas County students take charge of school lunch menu

This is not their parents' cafeteria food. On Wednesday, a panel of elementary, middle and high school students from across Pinellas County will weigh in at Pinellas Technical College in Clearwater as they select new breakfast and lunch menu items for the 2020-21 school year. 

Gov. DeSantis sets timeline for Florida to eliminate Common Core from classrooms

Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida will eliminate Common Core from public school classrooms, according to an announcement from the state's Department of Education.

Iowa caucuses becomes classroom for group of USF students

All eyes are on Iowa as candidates for the Democratic presidential nominee make their final campaign pushes ahead of the caucuses Monday, and a University of South Florida professor and five students will be there to see it all first-hand.

Pasco students selected to send experiment to space

Biomedical sciences students at Wendell Krinn Technical High School in New Port Richey were chosen out of more than 29,000 students from the U.S., Canada, and Brazil to have their experiment blasted up to the ISS. 

Local third-graders get a lesson on cyber safety

Thousands of Tampa Bay-area elementary school students are getting a crash course in internet safety. 

DeSantis unveils summary of B.E.S.T standards, Florida's answer to Common Core

Governor Ron DeSantis is officially doing away with Common Core after announcing new curriculum standards for Florida public schools at a news conference in Naples Friday.

Hillsborough taps Clay County superintendent as next schools leader

The long search for a new superintendent in Hillsborough County has come to an end. After a day of interviews and discussion, the district announced Addison Davis as their choice for a new leader.