Gov. Rick Scott wants the State Board of Education to make changes in its plan to set passing scores based on a student’s race. But he isn’t saying what the Board should do to alter the plan. The governor says every child should be performing on grade level in subjects like math and reading. “I […]
Photographer Julian Germain has compiled a gallery of 30 classroom portraits from around the world. What do you see in these photos?
College students  who need to go to summer school have few choices for grants and scholarships. And their options just shrank. The federal government is no longer giving out a need-based Pell Grant to help students pay for summer tuition. And the replacement is more loans. Senior Courtney Johnson has taken summer courses at Florida International […]
Florida politicians and school officials watched the documentary film Bully over the weekend. The Vice Chair of the Miami Dade School Board, Lawrence Feldman, was at the screening, hosted by the United Teachers of Dade. And watching the film caused him to send a text message while he was in the theater. “Its to my […]
The parents of a South Florida seventh-grader forced him to wear a sandwich board to publicize his poor grades and preference for cracking up his classmates, according to WSVN television. Michael Bell Jr. is standing at a Kendall intersection wearing the sign. As other students enjoy their spring break, Michael will be out holding his […]
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