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  EDUCATION

  Teacher-training programs’ success under scrutiny

  Florida and several other states are creating accountability systems so education schools will develop quantitative ways to measure their programs’ success. 1368986491
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  Miami-Dade Schools

  New teachers union boss rose from poverty to president

  Fedrick Ingram grew up in the inner city, became Miami-Dade’s teacher of the year and rose to become president of the United Teachers of Dade.

• Miami-Dade Teachers

  New president sworn in for Miami-Dade teachers union

  Karen Aronowitz stepped down Thursday after eight years as president of the United Teachers of Dade. Fedrick Ingram was sworn in as her successor.
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  BROWARD SCHOOLS

  Student’s family sues Broward school district over affair with teacher

  The family of a teen who carried on a two-year sexual relationship with his middle school teacher is suing the Broward school district.
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  Teaching program gives helping hand to Miami students

  Teach For America Week targets community leaders to serve as guest teachers in local schools
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  HIGHER EDUCATION

  FAU President Mary Jane Saunders resigns

  Saunders will earn roughly $276,000 in her new role as a College of Science professor assigned to research the feasibility of developing a physician’s assistant program at FAU.

• Miami-Dade Schools

  Audit: Healthcare firm may have overbilled Miami-Dade school district

  Invoices from a Miami-Dade healthcare provider for special-needs students show it may have overbilled the district by more than $1 million.

• BROWARD SCHOOLS

  Broward superintendent proposes outsourcing facilities department

  Superintendent Robert Runcie argues that with fewer students and less money to work with, some big changes are needed.

• BROWARD SCHOOLS

  Blanche Ely High School teacher punished after alleged sex talk

  A veteran Broward teacher has been suspended for permitting widespread student disruptions, and for sharing details of her sex life in class.

• HIGHER EDUCATION

  Reports: Florida college, university president salaries remain high

  Public college budgets have had a rough few years, but university presidents are still paid well.