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SPECIAL REPORT

Cashing in on Kids

Florida’s charter school movement has grown into $400-million-a-year powerhouse backed by real-estate developers and promoted by politicians, but with little oversight.

Education

FCAT: Thousands of third-graders at risk of being held back

Statewide, 56 percent of third-graders passed the reading and 58 percent passed the math, according to results released on Thursday.

FCAT & EOC scores database

Search for your school's standardized test results in this database, containing 2012 FCAT scores for fourth-, eighth- and 10th-grade writing; third-, ninth- and 10th-grade reading; third-grade math; and end-of-course exams in Biology and Geometry. The "% passing" for FCAT is the percentage of students who scored at Level 3 or higher. The end-of-course exam scores are the "mean scale score" - they are graded on a scale of 20-80.

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MIGRANT STUDENTS

Migrant students earn top honors, have big dreams

Students of migrant parents earned top awards for their academic achievements. But concerns of their immigration status cast a cloud over their success.
In My Opinion

College loans are next debt crisis

Marlins Park, financed by bonds that will take four decades and $2.4 billion to pay off, makes a perfect setting for commencement exercises. Vice President Joe Biden, when he addresses a happy throng of graduates from Cypress Bay High School in that fancy new baseball stadium on June 4, will be looking out at the unwitting perpetrators of the next great debt crisis.
Merit pay gets second OK from teachers

Miami-Dade teachers took a second vote -- this time on paper -- on the contract change Tuesday, after a state commission found previous electronic voting violated labor rules.
EDUCATION

Federal funds for private tutors: Is it worth it?

Two recent reports indicate a range of results from the various providers, which are mostly for-profit companies.
The Miami Herald | EDITORIAL

Getting it right this time

OUR OPINION: Institute sensible grading guideposts for FCAT