Students Who Shine: Plantation High School's Amya Wallace
Wallace earns straight A's in advanced placement courses and IB dual enrollment which means she already has college credits
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Wallace earns straight A's in advanced placement courses and IB dual enrollment which means she already has college credits
While Miami-Dade saw enrollment jump by 2,000 students this year, it's a different picture in Broward.
The Boys And Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade serves thousands of children each year, many of them with Hispanic roots.
A Miami-Dade teacher packed her bags to haul complaints about Florida education standards overseas to the United Nations.
Scores show a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework
As schools across the country are reporting shortages, some switch to extreme measures to keep classrooms staffed.
Attorneys for New College of Florida, the traditionally progressive public liberal arts college that was taken over by allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis as part of his "war on woke," is threatening to sue a group of former faculty members and students.
Known loosely as "world-schoolers," some families are traveling for brief periods while others open schools and remain on the road for months – or years – at a time to educate their children.
Janiya Baker considers herself to be a modest student, but she left out that she is making Miami-Dade history.
South Floridians are worrying that skyrocketing housing prices will force them out of the Sunshine State.
The University of Florida, Florida State University and the University of South Florida dropped in U.S News and World Report's new rankings of public universities, while other Florida universities got better grades.
On Tuesday, the Broward School Board approved supplemental pay for non-instructional staff, including bus drivers, clerical, food service and campus monitors.
The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials say his dreadlocks violated the district's dress code.
Florida International University is the No. 29 university in the nation and the fourth-ranked public university, according to the America's Best Colleges 2024 rankings published by the Wall Street Journal.
Last year, the ALA recorded 1,050 requests to censor library books in 2022, a 70% increase over the 619 requests in 2021.
Florida school district officials have apologized for an elementary school assembly in which Black students were singled out for a presentation on low test scores.
Florida teachers are faced with new standards when it comes to what they are allowed to say and teach under the Parental Rights in Education bill.
Miami-Dade Police said they arrested a man who was reportedly waving a gun near Huber O. Sibley Elementary School.
The State Board of Education approved a proposed rule the legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved back in May.
Dozens of teachers, students and labor leaders marched to a Miami school district headquarters to protest Florida's new standards for teaching Black history, which have come under intense criticism for what they say about slavery.
Miami-Dade County's new school year begins next week and Superintendent Dr. Jose Dotres spent Friday morning welcoming new teachers.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede breaks down the education controversy in Florida.
Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Jose Dotres welcomed new teachers on Friday.
It's set up day inside Nana Wynwood Convention Center Friday morning for the 12th annual Style Saves back-to-school weekend.
Hundreds of lawmakers, teachers, school board members and parents crowded into a Miami Gardens church Thursday evening for a forum on Florida's new standards for teaching Black history.
A Frontier Airlines flight bound for Atlanta was forced to divert to Miami after a midair fight between passengers, leading to one woman's arrest, authorities said.
The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency services said.
Flavor Flav is honoring all of the Team USA female Olympians and Paralympians who won a medal at the 2026 Winter Games.
Attorneys representing Carvalho issued a statement denying any wrongdoing and saying the superintendent respects the rule of law.
Fort Lauderdale police identified the victim as 40-year-old Joseph Czaplinski.
A Frontier Airlines flight bound for Atlanta was forced to divert to Miami after a midair fight between passengers, leading to one woman's arrest, authorities said.
Attorneys representing Carvalho issued a statement denying any wrongdoing and saying the superintendent respects the rule of law.
Fort Lauderdale police identified the victim as 40-year-old Joseph Czaplinski.
Howard Schultz said he and his wife will move to Florida as Washington weighs a roughly 10% annual tax on earnings over $1 million.
The bill doesn't prohibit a local government from recognizing state and federal holidays, such as Juneteenth or Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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 bill doesn't prohibit a local government from recognizing state and federal holidays, such as Juneteenth or Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.
President Trump told FIFA representatives Tuesday that Iran is welcome to play in the World Cup tournament in the United States, officials told CBS News.
Richard Kahn was one of Epstein's closest associates in his final years, managing his finances and investments.
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and D.C. Police Officer Danny Hodges argue the installation of a commemorative Jan. 6 plaque in a low-visibility spot in the U.S. Capitol violates the law.
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.
Frank Mora noted that the Trump Administration does not want the total collapse of the Cuban government because it could prompt an exodus of refugees from the island to the United States.
Any change to the property tax system would have to be approved by voters in November, and it seemed unlikely the House plan was going to be approved by the Senate.
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.
A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
Savannah Guthrie thanked her colleagues for "caring about my mom as much as I do" in her visit to the studio since Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
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.
Hillary Knight, Megan Keller and Jack and Quinn Hughes made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL."
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, known for his hits like "Laughter in the Rain," "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl," has died.