Tag: Miami-Dade
School choice, power and teacher perks
One of Florida’s leaders in expanding educational options within the public-school system is also innovating in a different way: Creating a two-tiered system for determining who can access those options. The Miami-Dade County School Board is proposing to create a separate lottery for 5% of the spots in district-operated magnet... READ MOREVocational education bills, bus routes cut, referendum spending updates and more
READ MOREMiami-Dade superintendent: School choice is “a right, not a privilege”
Since Alberto Carvalho became Miami-Dade County Public Schools superintendent...
READ MOREFlorida Catholic schools hold their own in sea of school choice
Editor’s note: Catholic Schools Week, sponsored by the National Catholic...
READ MOREA magnet school principal makes the performing arts count
Sitting in the back of the classroom, Hermes Velasquez was...
READ MORENational tests bring celebrations, and some cautions, for Florida’s urban school districts
We’ve written before about the improving results in Miami-Dade County...
READ MOREKIPP Miami in the works for Liberty City
A new “school of hope” could soon be coming to...
READ MOREA-F grades bring good news, bad news for Fla. charter schools
Six Florida charter schools could face closure under state letter...
READ MOREWhat to make of a federal charter school audit with Florida connections
A recent federal audit raised concerns about cozy relationships between charter school boards,...
READ MOREThe demise of the neighborhood school in South Florida
“Neighborhood schools could soon be a thing of the past,”...
READ MOREChoice keeps growing in Miami-Dade County public schools
In the fourth-largest school district in the nation, students who...
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