Florida Caverns State Park is cool in more ways than one. Not only do the only publicly-accessible dry caves in Florida come with a year-round inside temperature of 65 degrees, but there’s also a rich ...

Florida’s not just sunshine and beaches—it’s a quirky, chaotic stew of history, nature, and downright oddity. From gator-filled swamps to the oldest city in America, here are 10 fun facts that prove ...

MIAMI – If you need a reason to celebrate, then try celebrating National Florida Day which is today! The history of Florida dates back to 1845, when it joined the United States of America. Although ...

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Florida's 2023 Social Studies curriculum will include lessons on how "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit," according to a copy of the state's academic standards reviewed ...

When Chuck Walter saw the permission slip from his daughter’s Miami school, he turned to social media. Sharing an image of a form that requested parental signature for his first grader to attend a ...

Tuesday will be an eventful day for many Lee County residents and not just because it's Election Day. It's Sanibel's 50th birthday! Sanibel was officially incorporated into Lee County on Nov. 5, 1974.

TAMPA, Fla. — David Calhoun and Sam Jenkins are among the Florida history teachers caught in the middle of teaching America's complicated past amid Florida's increasingly combative politics. "History ...

If you’re Black, you’ve been here before. Aside from sitting through countless classes in which a social studies teacher valorizes the men and women who reduced your ancestors to chattel, every Black ...

A new curriculum for African American history approved by the Florida Board of Education includes a lesson that teaches slavery had “personal benefits.” The board unanimously approved the education ...

Florida’s Board of Education recently released new Black history standards. They require that middle school students learn “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied to ...