Davenport Elementary in Florida, a Classical Revival building, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Larry David will bring his grumbly sensibility to U.S. history in a team-up with Barack and Michelle Obama for an HBO sketch ...

It’s no surprise that Florida is a strange place. But some places in the Sunshine State are stranger than others.

For the first time in Polk State College’s history, all three of its collegiate high schools have earned “A” grades from the Florida Department of Education for the 2024–2025 academic year. Polk State ...

Fourteen schools run by the district improved their grades in 2024-25, including five that improved from a D to a C. None of ...

The state teachers' union president says "constantly" changing tests may be leading to failing scores at the national level. ...

Records from Polk County Public Schools showed a rise of 69.2% in battery toward staff during the 2024-2025 school year.

Students in Polk County’s public schools improved ... of Education. The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking tests cover nine academic subjects and levels: English language arts, algebra 1, algebra ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Walking up the historical stairs at the Polk County Historical Museum is the curator of exhibitions, Bartholomew Delcamp. While that might be his official title with the ...

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, a unit of FDOT, resumed the project last May, launching an alternative corridor study for the 28-mile eastern segment known as Central Polk Parkway East.

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise considered building an elevated roadway on U.S. Route 27 for the Polk County project in 2018, but concluded it wouldn’t be cost feasible.

LAKELAND, Fla. — After Polk County School Board members decided to eliminate Polk Virtual School, some Polk County families say they’re left scrambling for options for next school year. One ...