Broward Superintendent Licata addresses teacher shortage before start of year
Superintendent Dr. Peter Licata said as they prepare for the new year, they have their work cut out for them
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Superintendent Dr. Peter Licata said as they prepare for the new year, they have their work cut out for them
More than two dozen people on Sunday protested Gov. Ron DeSantis' support of Black history education standards in Florida.
Florida's social studies curriculum has been lambasted by critics for suggesting enslaved people "developed skills" for their "personal benefit."
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies have been defending the state's controversial new Black history teaching standard, which includes instruction on how "slaves developed skills" that "could be applied for their personal benefit."
Teachers with Miami-Dade County Public Schools will receive a pay raise for the next academic year under a new tentative contract reached this week between the educators' union and the district.
The proposal to raise teacher salaries for Broward public school teachers was voted down 5-4 by the Broward School Board on Tuesday evening.
Will hold a job fair this Saturday at Western High School in Davie
The state's largest teachers union is calling the new standards a "big step backward"
If approved, they could become some of the highest paid teachers in the state
Board approved a three-year contract for Superintendent Dr. Peter Licata with a base salary of $3250,000 per year
Monopoly may be teaching your children more than you know
Calls for the Biden administration to use the Higher Education Act to continue loan forgiveness were made after the Supreme Court struck down his plan for student debt relief.
DeSantis pointed to doing away with DEI at Florida's public universities
The state Department of Education on Thursday published the first round of results from Florida's new "progress monitoring" system of student assessments in public schools.
Dr. Peter Licata will replace former schools chief Dr. Vicky Cartwright
The proposal dealing with adult live performances was spurred by a law aimed at blocking children from attending drag shows
At the Santa Ana Public Library in Southern California, robots are specially programmed to teach children with autism.
The state wants a judge to declare the federal accreditation requirements unconstitutional
Some parents have complained that it seems like one challenge is enough to remove or move a book in school media centers
The veteran detective who led the investigation into the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre wept on the witness stand Wednesday, saying the school's assigned deputy could have prevented the deaths of some of the 17 people murdered if he had charged into a building instead of taking cover.
The report also reflects a widening of the gap between White and Black students' test scores
The Broward County School Board voted 7-2 Thursday to name a Palm Beach school administrator as its new superintendent.
A former Broward Sheriff's Office deputy didn't follow his extensive training on how to stop an active shooter when he didn't confront the killer who murdered 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a former training commander testified Thursday.
Schools received the best grades for safety and respect
The board will vote Thursday on who to hire as the district's new superintendent
Police say the suspect admitted to the shooting and was found with a gun after two men in their 20s were killed inside a Miami apartment.
Authorities are searching for Andrew Jansen of Palmetto Bay after he was hired through a pet-sitting website to care for an Air Force airman's dog, which was later found dead in Colorado.
From a round of golf with Scottie Scheffler to private dinners around Miami and a splashy event at Carbone, the new Cadillac Formula 1 team was everywhere.
Tickets for Monday's Metropolitan Museum of Art event in New York City are into the six figures — if you get an invite.
The new map makes significant changes to 21 of Florida's 28 congressional districts.
Police say the suspect admitted to the shooting and was found with a gun after two men in their 20s were killed inside a Miami apartment.
Authorities are searching for Andrew Jansen of Palmetto Bay after he was hired through a pet-sitting website to care for an Air Force airman's dog, which was later found dead in Colorado.
From a round of golf with Scottie Scheffler to private dinners around Miami and a splashy event at Carbone, the new Cadillac Formula 1 team was everywhere.
Tickets for Monday's Metropolitan Museum of Art event in New York City are into the six figures — if you get an invite.
The new map makes significant changes to 21 of Florida's 28 congressional districts.
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.
A federal appeals court blocked a FDA rule that allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail.
The incident occurred one week after shots were fired during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C., and Mr. Trump was rushed off the dais.
The 81-year-old former New York City mayor has been hospitalized for pneumonia, his spokesperson said.
Before this map was created, there were 20 districts that favored Republicans and eight that favored Democrats.
State lawmakers approved the new map, which deeply affects both Wasserman Schultz and fellow Democratic congressman Jared Moskowitz.
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.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
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.