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The Student News Site of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

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Censoring climate change in Florida's textbooks breeds ignorance surrounding the issue. Climate change needs to be taught in schools so students are aware of the consequences climate changes poses towards the environment, as this is the planet they will be inheriting in the future.

[Opinion] FLDOE should not be censoring climate change content from textbooks

Victoria Damaso, Copy Editor and Multimedia Editor
October 28, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law banning kids under 14 from social media and requiring parental consent for 14-and-15-year-olds. Photo permission from Pedro Portal/TNS.

Desantis signs law targeting internet use for minors

Natalia Dzielnicka, Reporter
April 18, 2024
Students eat lunch in the courtyard while scrolling on their phones. This has become an increased phenomenon in recent years.

Phone addiction disproportionately affects teens

Andie Korenge, Editor-in-Chief
April 7, 2024
People watch a debate between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a watch party at Manny's on November 30, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Newsom and DeSantis were hosted by Sean Hannity on Fox. Photo permission from Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS.

Gov. Newsom and Gov. DeSantis clash in prime-time debate discussing the current state of Florida and California

Luke Dautruche, Reporter
December 19, 2023
Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas Longhorns and Michigan Wolverines advance to the college football playoffs; yet, the Florida State Seminoles, who are undefeated, were excluded. This choice of exclusion emphasizes corruption within the ranking system.

[Opinion] FSU’s exclusion from the CFP playoffs highlights corruption in the ranking system

Noah Lechtenstein, Sports Editor
December 14, 2023
Compact Class. Laurie Edgar teaches her 6th period Advanced Placement Literature and Composition class which has over 35 students. Her class’s roster for her 6th period was doubled after her 7th period class was collapsed, and one of her periods now has over the average number of students in a class period.

Enrollment numbers impact teachers’ rosters and students’ schedules

Anna Horowitz, News Editor
October 29, 2023
Suppressing Studies. Social sciences teacher Elizabeth Ziolkowski instructs her Honors African American History class. The course has been offered at MSD for several years and is an approved state course, despite the state’s ban on the College Board’s African American History Studies.

New African American history standards and banned AP African History Studies course create controversy

Zara Dautruche, Reporter
October 29, 2023
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education are attempting to erase Black and LGBTQ+ students from school. The new rules and regulations are discriminatory and must be repealed.

[Opinion] Florida government pushes Black and LGBTQ+ students further into oppression

Eagle Eye Editorial Board
October 29, 2023
Students, teachers, parents, and other citizens attend a Orange County school board meeting in Orlando, Florida on April 11, 2023, to voice their concerns regarding the move by the school boards and the Florida legislature to remove books from school library shelves and limit education on race and LGBTQ issues. The Freedom to Read Project is battling Gov. DeSantis and highly organized and well-funded organizations like Moms 4 Liberty and the Florida Citizens Alliance. Parents, teachers and students pushing back against aggressive moves by school boards and the Florida legislature to remove books from library shelves and limit education on race and LGBTQ issues. Photo permission from Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS.

LGBTQ+ students at MSD struggle with recent targeted legislation

Brynn Schwartz and Andie Korenge
October 29, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs legislation on Monday, May 15, 2023, banning state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at Florida's public universities, at New College of Florida in Sarasota. Photo permission from Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times/TNS.

Florida passes over 30 bills in the 2023 legislative session affecting education

Brynn Schwartz, Jessie Gesund, Andie Korenge, Anna Horowitz, Ashveen Saini, Carolina Ochoa Lozano, Lyla Sachs, Ryan Shimony, Alison LaTorre, Glory Lee, Rayne Welser, Andres Fuenmayor, Jasmine Bhogaita, Vincent Ciullo, and Aisha Hashmi
June 18, 2023
Students voice their opposition to Florida House Bill 999 during a protest at the Kenneth R. Williams Administration Building at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Amy Beth Bennett/TNS.

Proposed Florida HB 999 to remove ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ programs from public state universities

Andres Fuenmayor, Politics Editor
April 22, 2023
Broward Schools Superintendent Vickie L. Cartwright attends the Broward School Board meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. The Board voted 5-3 Tuesday to rescind Cartwright's Nov. 14 termination and give her until the end of January to improve. Photo permission from TNS.

BCPS Superintendent Vickie Cartwright and school board agree to a mutual separation

Kevin Hamm, Writer
February 14, 2023
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