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• Undergraduate students at Florida Tech are getting the chance to solve real world engineering and science problems at the Harris Student Design Center at the university’s Melbourne campus. The experience aims to give students a leg-up when joining the job market.
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• But the state’s biggest teacher’s union is raising concerns about the effectiveness of this tool.
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• Middle school students at Faith Christian Academy in Orlando had an out of this world experience — the chance to talk with an astronaut on the International Space Station.
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• Students reacted with dismay as news of UCF president Dale Whittaker’s resignation spread across campus Tuesday.
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• Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher Jeff Foster shares how the Parkland community continues to heal one year after the shooting that left 17 dead on Feb. 14, 2018.
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• Programs that teach kids how to code are popular right now. But, what about kids who are blind or visually impaired? From the education desk this week, we take a look at Code Jumper, a new program that teaches kids basic coding skills regardless of their level of vision or experience.
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• Florida public schools are continuing to struggle to fill open teaching positions. More than 2,000 classrooms remain without a certified teacher five months into the school year.
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• Hundreds of Valencia College students received a message at the end of last year saying they would not be able to use their federal financial aid for the incoming spring semester.
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• A new bill in the Florida Legislature would require public high schools to offer religion classes as electives.
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• NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule on Jan. 1. Data collected from the flyby provides insight into Earth’s building blocks.
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