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.
Disease and cold temperatures killed nearly 30 sloths at a Florida import warehouse in 2024 and 2025, according to a state report.
The defendant admitted firing at Officer Erica Socarras and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the life-threatening encounter.
Gov. DeSantis unveiled a new congressional map that could flip Democratic districts to Republican control, sparking backlash and likely legal challenges.
The day after a gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Trump sat down with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell for a "60 Minutes" interview to talk about his experience.
A Port St. Lucie mother was sentenced after being convicted of recording and selling videos of sexual abuse involving her young children.
Disease and cold temperatures killed nearly 30 sloths at a Florida import warehouse in 2024 and 2025, according to a state report.
The defendant admitted firing at Officer Erica Socarras and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the life-threatening encounter.
Gov. DeSantis unveiled a new congressional map that could flip Democratic districts to Republican control, sparking backlash and likely legal challenges.
The day after a gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Trump sat down with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell for a "60 Minutes" interview to talk about his experience.
A Port St. Lucie mother was sentenced after being convicted of recording and selling videos of sexual abuse involving her young children.
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.
Gov. DeSantis unveiled a new congressional map that could flip Democratic districts to Republican control, sparking backlash and likely legal challenges.
The day after a gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Trump sat down with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell for a "60 Minutes" interview to talk about his experience.
The Supreme Court turned away an appeal from a Florida couple who alleged their parental rights were violated by a now-revised school board policy on students' gender identity.
Cole Allen was charged Monday in federal court with three counts including attempt to assassinate the president.
CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang was sitting next to President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner when the chaos unfolded.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
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.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
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.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.