Research.com, an online higher education resource, lists Florida Polytechnic in Lakeland as a top-10 best value college in ...

The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

Karina Sloan, a longtime Lakeland resident, said many Venezuelans in Polk County are "panicking" over President Trump's decision to revoke TPS.

The Lakeland Police Department says a missing girl has been found safe after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert. A Lakeland man is facing drug charges after 237.2 ...

Florida schools may face changes in funding and programs if the Department of Education is dissolved. Here's what that could ...

What ending the Department of Education mean for Florida, a state whose polices have served as something of a roadmap for ...

If the U.S. Department of Education were eliminated, as President Donald Trump has promised, Florida’s education system could face significant shifts. With the state assuming more control over ...

No school districts of the six FLORIDA TODAY spoke to require a warrant for ICE to enter a school campus, though Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia and Osceola counties noted that that any officers ...