Back To School: Parental rights bill has brought change, fear to South Florida's classrooms
Najahe Sherman reports teacher Katrina Whittaker told CBS News Miami that being an educator has never been more challenging.
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Najahe Sherman reports teacher Katrina Whittaker told CBS News Miami that being an educator has never been more challenging.
The state last year began a process to overhaul the testing process for elementary, middle and high school students.
Joan Murray reports the transition from FSA exams to FAST tests, and what parents have to say about it.
As schools in Broward and Miami-Dade return to class for a new school year, administrators are already gearing up for the first round of state testing.
Joan Murray reports many schools are still coming to terms with the learning loss that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sheriff's office said they received some information and a handgun in the student's backpack
"I was just sitting down and already overheating," Luna Carrera, a 12th grader at Miami Senior High School said.
Jacqueline Quynh reports Miami-dade public schools have been working for weeks in advance of the first day of class to keep the air conditioning blowing cool air this year.
Marybel Rodriguez reports for decades Miami Dade County Public Schools Title 1 Migrant Education Program has been assisting families of migrant students with all the tools necessary for a smooth transition.
Broward County Public Schools is the sixth largest school district in the country
Jacqueline Quynh reports the return to class went smoothly on Monday morning.
It can be challenging for migrant students to start a new school year in an unfamiliar place.
Jacqueline Qynh reports this year all district schools will provide free breakfast and lunch.
Many parents said they are concerned that COVID-19 could see a resurgence as classes resume for the fall semester.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede questioned them about how politics will impact the classroom.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede sat down with Miami-Dade Superintendent Jose Dotres and Broward Superintendent Peter Licata to talk about how politics is making its way into classrooms.
Dr. Thresia Gambon, President of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, talks about mental health and children as they go back to school.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the state's largest school district with 331,500 students, is excited to get the new year going
Summer is officially over for Miami-Dade public school students as they head back to the classroom for the first day of school.
Officers and workers with the Miami-Dade Police Department on Thursday gathered to honor a beloved colleague who died a year ago.
Jacqueline Quynh reports educators will work to meet new standards and focus on closing the achievement gap.
Jacqueline Quynh reports Superintendent Jose Dotres said this year they will focus on proficiency.
There are more than 100 classroom teacher openings, according to Broward public school district
Joan Murray reports teachers say they love everything about their job except the compensation.
Austin Carter reports a AAA survey found 38 percent of Floridians admitted to speeding in active school zones.
According to Cubalex, a nonprofit organization that promotes human rights, nearly 160 protests have been reported across Cuba since March 6.
The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, according to multiple sources, as the military campaign against Tehran enters a more uncertain phase.
Since the beginning of March, Fort Lauderdale police have issued more than 1,000 traffic citations and made 38 arrests, with 10 of those being spring breakers.
Cellphone video appears to show a man, identified as suspect Roberto Sosa, receiving several blows to the head from police officers in the middle of Hallandale Beach Boulevard before being taken to the ground.
City Commissioner Damian Pardo, who represents District 2, which includes downtown, told CBS News Miami Investigates that the city has no jurisdiction to quiet or move the portable chiller system.
According to Cubalex, a nonprofit organization that promotes human rights, nearly 160 protests have been reported across Cuba since March 6.
The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, according to multiple sources, as the military campaign against Tehran enters a more uncertain phase.
Since the beginning of March, Fort Lauderdale police have issued more than 1,000 traffic citations and made 38 arrests, with 10 of those being spring breakers.
Cellphone video appears to show a man, identified as suspect Roberto Sosa, receiving several blows to the head from police officers in the middle of Hallandale Beach Boulevard before being taken to the ground.
City Commissioner Damian Pardo, who represents District 2, which includes downtown, told CBS News Miami Investigates that the city has no jurisdiction to quiet or move the portable chiller system.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, according to multiple sources, as the military campaign against Tehran enters a more uncertain phase.
Border czar Tom Homan is expected back on Capitol Hill later Friday for bipartisan talks.
The first Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is coming from the Pacific, is still making its way toward the region.
The Trump administration argued that Harvard unlawfully discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students, in violation of federal civil rights law.
The Justice Department says it has shuttered four websites that were allegedly used by Iranian government-linked groups to post hacked information and threaten regime critics.
Critics of the bill argue that the attacks on the teacher unions are part of a broader education strategy that has slowly been unfolding for the past 30 years.
Nixon is in the Democratic primary against Alex Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who was instrumental in causing Trump's first impeachment.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
For the first time, Donalds acknowledges that he didn't just possess marijuana, but that he was also dealing at the time.
The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The Sunshine state is on track to be the second-highest, with only nine cases behind Utah, and the numbers lagging by five days.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting, citing "challenging economic realities."
Chuck Norris' family said his death at 86 was sudden, but did not share any details on the cause.
ABC has canceled its already filmed season of "The Bachelorette" starring Taylor Frankie Paul after video surfaced of a 2023 incident in which she was charged with assault.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News that additional images were obtained from surveillance cameras installed at Guthrie's Tucson home, but they showed nothing suspicious.
The Kennedy Center's board of directors has voted to shut down operations for two years following this summer's July 4 celebrations.