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Families can check out digital classroom tools
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South Florida Ford and Lincoln dealers seek candidates for their Salute to Education scholarships
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Coral Reef chorus students chosen for All-State Chorus
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Swim-A-Thon raises $50,000 for Gulliver, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
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Palmetto High students gain top scholastic honors
STATE IMPACT FLORIDA
- Feedbak Loop: Readers Give Failing Marks To Parent Grades, School Rankings
- How Schools Use Data To Prepare Students For High-Stakes Testing
- Roll Call: USF Poly Board Member Quits; Enrollment Up In Pasco Job Training Program; Teacher Bonuses Dwindle
SPECIAL REPORT
Floridas charter school movement has grown into $400-million-a-year powerhouse backed by real-estate developers and promoted by politicians, but with little oversight.
MAST students chat up Space Station commander
Students from MAST Academy made a long-distance call Thursday, chatting with an astronaut in charge of the International Space Station, which currently orbits the Earth.
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North Miami teacher called to principals office after call from the mayor
A North Miami science teacher who spoke at a public meeting with her children is incensed after the citys mayor called her principal to complain.
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North Miami
State Supreme Court justice teaches kids about law
A Florida Supreme Court justice visited with students from a North Miami high school and taught them about the Constitution and criminal justice.
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Legislature 2012 | School Prayer
Senate approves school prayer bill
The Senate OK’d a bill that would allow students to deliver “inspirational messages” at public school assemblies.
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Legislature 2012 | College Tuition
Senate panel rejects in-state tuition for children of non-citizens
A Senate panel voted down a bill to extend in-state college tuition to state residents who are U.S. citizens with undocumented parents.
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BROWARD SCHOOLS
Deadline looms to apply for Broward magnet schools
From building robots to learning Latin, students still have time to apply for Broward County Schools’ different magnet programs.
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HIGHER EDUCATION
Gov. Rick Scott will reject tuition increase
Gov. Rick Scott and his fellow Republican lawmakers are poised for a budget battle over raising college tuition by 8 percent. Scott opposes the move.
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Education
Archimedean named state’s top middle school
South Florida made a strong showing on the state’s first ranking of traditional public and charter schools.
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BROWARD SCHOOLS
Miramar mom charged with stealing $32,800 from PTSA
The former treasurer of Silver Lakes Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Student Association is charged with fudging financial reports to conceal thousands of dollars in theft.
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