MiamiHerald.com: Schools http://www.miamiherald.com/news/schools/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Schools http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/schools/index.html 140 25 News, sports, and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2013 MiamiHerald.com Schools 60 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:42:01 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3406070/gov-rick-scott-to-veto-tuition.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3406070/gov-rick-scott-to-veto-tuition.html Sun, 19 May 2013 20:37 EDT

Gov. Rick Scott, who lobbied against a tuition hike, will veto a proposed 3 percent tuition hike. He also plans to help public hospitals, like Jackson Memorial.

]]> <![CDATA[Teacher-training programs’ success under scrutiny]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405572/teacher-training-programs-success.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405572/teacher-training-programs-success.html Sun, 19 May 2013 13:55 EDT

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

]]> <![CDATA[New teachers union boss rose from poverty to president]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403822/new-teachers-union-boss-rose-from.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403822/new-teachers-union-boss-rose-from.html Fri, 17 May 2013 23:33 EDT

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.

]]> <![CDATA[New president sworn in for Miami-Dade teachers union]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3401725/new-president-sworn-in-for-miami.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3401725/new-president-sworn-in-for-miami.html Thu, 16 May 2013 21:16 EDT Karen Aronowitz stepped down Thursday after eight years as president of the United Teachers of Dade. Fedrick Ingram was sworn in as her successor.

]]> <![CDATA[Student’s family sues Broward school district over affair with teacher]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3401508/students-family-sues-broward-school.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3401508/students-family-sues-broward-school.html Thu, 16 May 2013 19:07 EDT

The family of a teen who carried on a two-year sexual relationship with his middle school teacher is suing the Broward school district.

]]> <![CDATA[Teaching program gives helping hand to Miami students]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/15/3399467/teaching-program-gives-helping.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/15/3399467/teaching-program-gives-helping.html Thu, 16 May 2013 10:12 EDT

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

]]> <![CDATA[FAU President Mary Jane Saunders resigns]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/15/3398706/fau-president-mary-jane-saunders.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/15/3398706/fau-president-mary-jane-saunders.html Wed, 15 May 2013 19:53 EDT

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.

]]> <![CDATA[Audit: Healthcare firm may have overbilled Miami-Dade school district]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/14/3397803/audit-healthcare-firm-may-have.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/14/3397803/audit-healthcare-firm-may-have.html Tue, 14 May 2013 23:19 EDT Invoices from a Miami-Dade healthcare provider for special-needs students show it may have overbilled the district by more than $1 million.

]]> <![CDATA[Broward superintendent proposes outsourcing facilities department]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/14/3397735/broward-superintendent-proposes.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/14/3397735/broward-superintendent-proposes.html Tue, 14 May 2013 21:26 EDT Superintendent Robert Runcie argues that with fewer students and less money to work with, some big changes are needed.

]]> <![CDATA[Blanche Ely High School teacher punished after alleged sex talk]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/14/3397548/ely-high-school-teacher-suspended.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/14/3397548/ely-high-school-teacher-suspended.html Tue, 14 May 2013 18:18 EDT A veteran Broward teacher has been suspended for permitting widespread student disruptions, and for sharing details of her sex life in class.

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