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The ELL Whiplash: Florida's English Learner Gap Closed During COVID — Then Reopened
Correction (2026-07-23): An earlier version of this article said 15 districts had ELL graduation gaps exceeding 15 percentage points. The correct count is 17; the earlier figure came from a top-15 dis...
None of 73 Florida Districts Has Recovered to Pre-COVID Attendance Levels
> Correction (September 30, 2026): An earlier version of this article, headlined "Only 1 of 73 Florida Districts Has Recovered to Pre-COVID Attendance Levels," reported that Hendry County's chronic ab...
Nearly 9 in 10 Florida Districts Lost Students in 2026
In a typical year before the pandemic, roughly one in three Florida school districts lost students. In 2021, COVID pushed that figure above 90%. That breadth was supposed to be a crisis-year anomaly.