MiamiHerald.com: Education http://www.miamiherald.com/295/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Education http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/295/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Education 60 Mon, 12 May 2008 03:04:20 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com Dade pre-kindergarten lottery open http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/526504.html http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/526504.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Miami-Dade parents who want to enroll their children in a Miami-Dade County Public Schools pre-kindergarten program must register their children by May 23 to be eligible for a lottery. UM school a leader in fish-farming http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/525250.html http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/525250.html Thu, 08 May 2008 07:01 EDT Earth, we have a problem. Humans are consuming fish faster than the oceans can replenish them. Scientists, who warn that overfishing could destroy the world's fish stock in the next 40 years, are seeking more commercially viable ways to increase fish production. Broward honors top principal, assistant principal http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/525278.html http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/525278.html Thu, 08 May 2008 03:01 EDT Scott Fiske has been principal at Western High for five years, but when he remembered his greatest moment in that job, he didn't highlight any awards or special recognition. Instead, he recalled the three weeks he spent teaching a pre-calculus class because a teacher was out. Reagan High principal is tops http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/523770.html http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/523770.html Wed, 07 May 2008 03:01 EDT Some kids dream of becoming teachers. As a kid, Douglas Rodriguez dreamed of being a principal -- and he grew up to realize it. But he wasn't finished: Rodriguez, the top administrator at Ronald Reagan Senior High in Doral, was named Miami-Dade's Principal of the Year Tuesday night. Dade schools officials expect more cuts http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/523773.html http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/523773.html Wed, 07 May 2008 03:01 EDT Already reeling from tens of millions of dollars in state funding cuts, Miami-Dade School Board members on Tuesday wrestled with how to react to a state audit critical of certain district accounting practices. UF cuts 400 jobs, undergrad enrollment http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/522429.html http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/522429.html Tue, 06 May 2008 03:01 EDT The University of Florida, the state's highest-rated institution of higher education, announced layoffs, reductions in degree programs and a steep cut in undergraduate enrollment as part of a plan to cope with severe budget cuts from the state. Reaching to Darfur: High school students enlist Kanye West to raise funds for Sudan http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/520521.html http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/520521.html Mon, 05 May 2008 03:01 EDT Gabriel Schillinger was 17 and a child of privilege -- son of a doctor, a junior at the private Episcopal St. Andrew's High School in Boca Raton -- when he decided he needed to do something to give back to the world. He got together with some other students, and they asked each other, ``How can we help?'' FCAT essay scores improve in Miami-Dade http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/526495.html http://www.miamiherald.com/295/story/526495.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01 EDT Students in Miami-Dade County did as well, and in some cases better, than students across the state on this year's standardized writing test, according to statistics released Thursday by the state Department of Education.