Calling for equity, supporters of Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach continue to press the Broward school district to help fund a new, $165,000 sports scoreboard.
Four proposals to build Internet-only charter schools were turned down, but more applications are expected in the next few months.
The eight-year-old Boston String Quartet, known for combining contemporary and classical styles, has been giving musical makeovers to students in Miami-Dade classrooms.
Money can’t buy you love, and maybe it can’t buy you happiness, but can it buy a top-notch education?
A shortfall in some tax receipts has prompted state officials to suspend funding for school construction and eliminate future funding.
Dr. Alvin Poussaint, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and friend of Martin Luther King Jr., told FIU students to make their voices heard.
Under a pair of bills being considered in Tallahassee, high-school students could lead prayers in public schools.
As charter schools proliferate in Homestead, a county high school gets a new building.
Budget cuts and only small gains in national test scores prompted the state’s drop from No. 5 to No. 11 in Education Week’s annual overview.
No single factor caused the July death of football player Isaiah Laurencin, according to the medical examiner’s report, but he carried sickle cell trait.
A West Kendall elementary teacher is asking the public for an estimated $300 in supplies for her first graders.
Though the Broward County School District has made inroads in addressing concerns of equitable treatment among schools raised in a 2000 lawsuit, financial shortfalls have hampered progress on some issues.
The state has gotten behind on contracts for education projects financed by the Race to the Top grant, according to a federal report released Tuesday.
Palmetto Bay votes to appeal a recent court decision in the ongoing battle with Palmer Trinity over expansion.
Musicians and students work together in a mentoring program that helps the students succeed in school
Teens learned they can dream big and reach for the stars in aviation and aeronautics careers.
The former athletic director of a West Kendall charter school was arrested again Friday and charged with seven more sex crimes after a second victim, a 17-year-old girl, told police they had a sexual relationship.
Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho paid a surprise visit to the nearly 85 youngsters at the Community Partnership for Homeless in Miami on Dec. 30. Carvalho distributed Happy Meals, courtesy of McDonald’s, then gave toys to the kids.
This weekend marks the deadline to apply to a Miami-Dade magnet program for 2012-13. The Miami-Dade district has seen demand for programs jump in recent years, with 50,000 applications last year.
A Miami Springs High student will compete Friday in a prestigious math competition in Boston. At stake: a $5,000 prize for himself and for his school.
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