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 2012 MiamiHerald.com Schools 60 Sun, 27 May 2012 23:38:41 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[FCAT: Thousands of third-graders at risk of being held back]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/23/2815432/florida-releases-fcat-scores-for.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/23/2815432/florida-releases-fcat-scores-for.html Thu, 24 May 2012 19:20 EDT Statewide, 56 percent of third-graders passed the reading and 58 percent passed the math, according to results released on Thursday.

]]> <![CDATA[FCAT & EOC scores database]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/18/2806051/fcat-scores-database.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/18/2806051/fcat-scores-database.html Fri, 18 May 2012 16:16 EDT 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Art auction to raise funds for Miami-Dade schools]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/23/2814125/art-auction-to-raise-funds-for.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/23/2814125/art-auction-to-raise-funds-for.html Wed, 23 May 2012 16:13 EDT The event, held by The Education Fund on Thursday, will also honor local leaders who have attended Miami-Dade public schools.

]]> <![CDATA[ DOE offers FCAT resources for parents]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/22/2811706/doe-offers-fcat-resources-for.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/22/2811706/doe-offers-fcat-resources-for.html Wed, 23 May 2012 08:16 EDT The state Department of Education has set up a call center, a website and an email address dedicated to parent questions.

]]> <![CDATA[Broward superintendent to answer questions about underperforming schools]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/25/2768023/broward-superintendent-to-answer.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/25/2768023/broward-superintendent-to-answer.html Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:46 EDT Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie will answer questions from a coalition of church groups at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the War Memorial Auditorium, 800 NE Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale.

]]> <![CDATA[Applications being accepted for Miami police scholarship]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/04/2675554/applications-being-accepted-for.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/04/2675554/applications-being-accepted-for.html Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:02 EST Interested in becoming a police officer? About to graduate from a Miami-Dade high school?

]]> <![CDATA[South Florida Ford and Lincoln dealers seek candidates for their Salute to Education scholarships]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/04/2572768/south-florida-ford-and-lincoln.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/04/2572768/south-florida-ford-and-lincoln.html Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:21 EST Salute to Education, the scholarship program funded by the South Florida Ford and Lincoln dealers for the past 18 years, has announced that it is currently accepting applications online for one of their $1,500 scholarships. Fifty students will be awarded. They also will be awarding each scholarship winner with a laptop computer in addition to the scholarship grant. Deadline to submit the applications online is January 26, 2012.&nbsp;

]]> <![CDATA[Migrant students earn top honors, have big dreams]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2819294/dreaming-big.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2819294/dreaming-big.html Sat, 26 May 2012 22:00 EDT

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

]]> <![CDATA[College loans are next debt crisis]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818547/college-loans-are-next-debt-crisis.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/26/2818547/college-loans-are-next-debt-crisis.html Sat, 26 May 2012 18:18 EDT 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Merit pay gets second OK from teachers]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/22/2813425/merit-pay-gets-second-ok-from.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/22/2813425/merit-pay-gets-second-ok-from.html Wed, 23 May 2012 07:49 EDT 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Federal funds for private tutors: Is it worth it?]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/22/2812610/federal-funds-for-private-tutors.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/22/2812610/federal-funds-for-private-tutors.html Tue, 22 May 2012 20:54 EDT Two recent reports indicate a range of results from the various providers, which are mostly for-profit companies.

]]> <![CDATA[Getting it right this time]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/21/2810820/getting-it-right-this-time.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/21/2810820/getting-it-right-this-time.html Tue, 22 May 2012 11:25 EDT OUR OPINION: Institute sensible grading guideposts for FCAT

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