Steven Walker

1 week ago | orlandosentinel.com | Steven Walker

Florida would scrap plans for later high school start times and impose new restrictions on students' cell phone use under bills passed in the final days of the Florida Legislature's session last week. The approved education bills will now be sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis for approval. Several other proposed school laws never made it to a final vote and are now dead, and some education issues - tied to unresolved budget proposals - are still up in the air.

1 week ago | orlandosentinel.com | Steven Walker

Seminole County's public schools expect to lose about 1,500 students next year and are fighting that enrollment drop by advertising to parents who live in other counties that seats "in one of Florida's most highly coveted school systems" are still open. The Lake County school district also expects enrollment to fall by about 1,500 students while Orange County Public Schools - one of the state's largest school districts - has predicted a drop of about 3,100.

2 weeks ago | orlandosentinel.com | Steven Walker

The president of Rollins College retires in June, and Grant Cornwell is using his last months in that role to speak out against President Donald Trump's attacks on education. In February, he hosted an academic freedom conference at the college's Winter Park campus and Tuesday college administrators released a statement - one conceived at that Rollins gathering - that condemned the Trump administration for its "unprecedented government overreach and political interference" in higher education.

2 weeks ago | orlandosentinel.com | Steven Walker

Fifteen international students at the University of Central Florida have had their visas terminated in the last month, and one was detained by law enforcement. Courtney Gilmartin, a UCF spokesperson, confirmed the revocations, saying the 15 students in the United States on F-1 student visas have had their visas revoked since March 25 based on records from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Steven Walker

Fifteen international students at the University of Central Florida have had their visas terminated in the last month, and one was detained by law enforcement. Courtney Gilmartin, a UCF spokesperson, confirmed the revocations, saying the 15 students in the United States on F-1 student visas have had their visas revoked since March 25 according to records from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.