A conservative student group at the University of Florida is suing the university in federal court after being denied funding to host conservative commentators on campus. The UF chapter of Young Americans for Freedom alleges discrimination.
A group of students, ages 7 and 8, from the South Florida Music’s Performance Group were recently invited to perform Jan. 4 at Walt Disney World in Orlando.
Myron Adams, 18 and a student at HD Perry Education Center, got arrested after what Miramar police say were threatening posts on the social media Snapchat.
Miami’s public school teachers voted overwhelmingly to accept the contract the union negotiated with Miami-Dade Schools that awards thousands of dollars in pay supplements from the property tax referendum beginning next year.
The Florida Department of Education released the 2018 federal graduation rates on Wednesday. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho made the announcement during a School Board meeting.
A federal judge has ruled that Broward schools and the sheriff’s office were not responsible for protecting students during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.
Three Broward County Public Schools buses got into two rear end crashes Tuesday morning while taking Miramar High School students to school, Miramar police said. Five students were taken to Memorial Hospital Pembroke.
The Miami-Dade Property Appraiser has slapped the First Presbyterian Church of Miami with a $7.1 million tax bill, claiming the church’s for-profit school violates its religious exemption.
Ernesto Perez, the former head of the troubled Dade Medical College, is on trial for illegally shutting down the school. He faces up to 120 days in jail if convicted.
A student at Young Men’s Preparatory Academy was arrested Tuesday after police say he made a hoax social media threat on Instagram against the Wynwood magnet school.
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety commission met seven times after the shooting that left 17 dead and another 17 wounded. Its findings prompted resignations and reassignments at BSO and the school.
Philanthropist, art and animal lover Penelope “Penny” Stamps died Thursday in Coconut Grove. She and husband Roe helped students at University of Miami and University of Michigan through scholarships.
Vivian Gonzalez, a music teacher at the Miami Arts Studio 6 – 12 at Zelda Glazer, received a $4,000 grant from the Give A Note Foundation for her work in creating an orchestra that reaches many Latino students in Miami.
Miami-Dade Schools and United Teachers of Dade tentatively agreed to sharing $211 million in referendum funding for teachers, including an unexpected 5 percent increase in January.
Students from The Mandelstam School in South Miami got to ask questions of Dr. Serena Auñon-Chancellor, the first Cuban-American in space and aboard the International Space Station, via a video conference call.
Florida’s Republican governor-elect Ron DeSantis says he wants Broward Democrat Jared Moskowitz to lead the Division of Emergency Management and former House Speaker Richard Corcoran for education commissioner.
Ernesto Perez, the former head of the troubled Dade Medical College, is on trial for illegally shutting down the school. He faces up to 120 days in jail if convicted.
