Timber Creek H.S. shifts to online learning due to COVID-19 cases

Orange County Public Schools said that this decision was made out of an abundance of caution after being notified of 14 positive COVID-19 cases.

High school closes due to COVID-19 outbreak
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An Orange County high school has sent student and staff home due to a coronavirus outbreak. More than 200 have been quarantined at Timber Creek High School. This comes after Gov. Ron DeSantis says future closures of school due to COVID-19 should be off the table because it's too disruptive.

Countdown to Election Day: Schools adjust during pandemic
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School districts across Florida have had a roller coaster year while dealing with the pandemic. First students dealt with the challenges of remote learning but then pivoted to bring some students back into the classroom.

Countdown to Election Day: Teachers and parents sound off
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We talk to teachers and parents on our panel of voters to hear how issues of education during the pandemic are impacting their politics.

Mother files lawsuit after 7-year-old son with autism handcuffed for almost 40 minutes

A North Carolina mother is filing a lawsuit against her son’s school after a former resource officer restrained her child, who suffers from autism, for nearly 40 minutes.

Future of school learning during the pandemic
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An order that reopens schools has an expiration date and if it's not extended, it could force all students back to remote learning.

FOX 35 obtains longer video of class session that got teacher in trouble

FOX 35 News has taken a look at a longer clip of a classroom remote-learning video that landed an Osceola County teacher in hot water after some controversial comments she made.

Parents in Sarasota County plan to sue district over mask mandate

Some parents do not want their kids to wear masks, so they plan to sue schools, FOX 35 has learned. The parents have raised more than $11,000 on GoFundMe to cover legal fees for this lawsuit.

Osceola teacher reassigned after controversial comments

Entire grades at one Orange County school has moved online because of coronavirus cases. Three grade levels will be sent off-campus for remote learning.

Avalon Elementary classes forced to move online
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Entire grades at one Orange County school has moved online because of coronavirus cases. Three grade levels will be sent off campus for remote learning.

Orange County elementary school moves some grades to online learning

Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) said that there are four confirmed cases at the school and 38 people have been asked to quarantine.

Thousands of Orange County students return to in-person learning

With this change, almost 83,000 students in Orange County will be learning in-school -- that is almost half of the district's student population.

Teacher's take from inside the classroom
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A Central Florida teachers says the quality of education is suffering because of the pandemic.

'Listen. Act. Unite': 'Sesame Street' tackles racism in Zoom-like TV special

“Sesame Street” has always pressed for inclusion. Now in the wake of the national reckoning on race, it’s going further — teaching children to stand up against racism. Sesame Workshop — the nonprofit, educational organization behind “Sesame Street” — will air the half-hour anti-racist special “The Power of We” and hopes families will watch together.