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New Statewide Push to Make Florida “Talent Strong” Promotes Education After High School Amid Record Unemployment

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Bridging Barriers to Education will Build a Better-Educated Workforce,
Get Floridians Back to Work, and Bring Economic Strength to the State

On the cusp of Labor Day, with Florida struggling under the highest unemployment in the state’s history due to the COVID pandemic, The Florida College Access Network (FCAN) and its local partners across the state launched a statewide campaign to promote education after high school for recent graduates and adult learners as the key to Florida’s and individual Floridians’ economic recovery. [Read more…] about New Statewide Push to Make Florida “Talent Strong” Promotes Education After High School Amid Record Unemployment

First Lady Casey DeSantis Announces 2020 Hispanic Heritage Month Theme and Student Contests

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Student essay contest winners will receive a 4-Year Florida College
Plan scholarship provided by the Florida Prepaid College Foundation

First Lady Casey DeSantis today announced that the theme for Hispanic Heritage Month will be “Celebrating Untold Stories and Contributions of Hispanic Americans in Florida” and released information regarding the student art and essay contests and Excellence in Education awards. [Read more…] about First Lady Casey DeSantis Announces 2020 Hispanic Heritage Month Theme and Student Contests

New Statewide Push to Make Florida “Talent Strong” Promotes Education After High School Amid Record Unemployment

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Bridging Barriers to Education will Build a Better-Educated Workforce,
Get Floridians Back to Work, and Bring Economic Strength to the State

On the cusp of Labor Day, with Florida struggling under the highest unemployment in the state’s history due to the COVID pandemic, The Florida College Access Network (FCAN) and its local partners across the state launched a statewide campaign to promote education after high school for recent graduates and adult learners as the key to Florida’s and individual Floridians’ economic recovery. [Read more…] about New Statewide Push to Make Florida “Talent Strong” Promotes Education After High School Amid Record Unemployment

New polling shows Floridians agree with judge’s injunction to prevent unsafe school reopenings in Florida

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After Leon Circuit Judge Charles Dobson granted a temporary injunction to block state leaders from unconstitutionally forcing districts to reopen brick-and-mortar schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida Watch and Progress Florida released new polling showing Floridians agree it isn’t safe to reopen brick and mortar schools in Florida. [Read more…] about New polling shows Floridians agree with judge’s injunction to prevent unsafe school reopenings in Florida