Supporting Teachers in Florida
Anna Beach 11:34 a.m. EDT, May 16, 2013 Here’s a heads-up to South Florida nonprofits who work with under-served youth and whose programs inspire students to stay in school and pursue further education. Sun Life Financial wants to remind you that there’s still time to apply for a $ 50,000 Rising Star Award. Four nonprofit [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 7:42 p.m. EDT, May 15, 2013 Dozens of community members poured into the Palm Beach County School Board meeting Wednesday in opposition to having the Sheriff’s Office take over school policing duties. The School Board agreed to ask the Sheriff’s Officer to make a presentation about policing the district’s 185 schools. [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 7:42 p.m. EDT, May 15, 2013 Dozens of community members poured into the Palm Beach County School Board meeting Wednesday in opposition to having the Sheriff’s Office take over school policing duties. The School Board agreed to ask the Sheriff’s Officer to make a presentation about policing the district’s 185 schools. [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 4:49 p.m. EDT, May 14, 2013 The Broward School Board halted a proposal to eliminate the grade of zero and make 50 the lowest grade a student can earn, after the plan drew overwhelming opposition Tuesday. Parents and teachers called the proposal unfairduring the workshop. “Don’t band-aid this,” said Fort Lauderdale [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 11:21 a.m. EDT, May 13, 2013 Can’t make this year’s high school graduations? Not to worry, the Palm Beach County school district has your back. The district this year will broadcast the ceremonies live. Graduation ceremonies begin May 16 and run through May 29 for the more than 11,000 students graduating. [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 12:23 p.m. EDT, May 8, 2013 The Broward School Board will hold its final public meeting on boundaries tonight at Plantation High starting at 5:30 p.m. Among the major changes are plans to re-purpose failing schools in the district. Arthur Ashe Middle School would become an adult workforce development program and [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 10:37 a.m. EDT, May 6, 2013 Gov. Rick Scott launched a “victory tour” at a school in Sunrise Monday to applaud the $ 480 million approved by the Legislature for teacher raises. Flanked by School Board members and Superintendent Robert Runcie, Scott called the raises a “huge victory” for teachers at [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 1:26 p.m. EDT, May 3, 2013 The Broward school district and the teachers union reached agreement to give teachers at “priority schools” (those with grades of Ds and Fs) additional compensation based on performance. The money would come from district grants. Teachers rated effective or highly effective can earn $ 2,000 [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 4:08 p.m. EDT, April 29, 2013 South Florida’s teachers and their unions expressed disappointment Monday at the decision by state lawmakers to give teacher raises based on evaluations and not until next year. “This is extremely disappointing,” said Sharon Glickman, president of the Broward Teachers Union. She said both the delay [...]
By Scott Travis Sun Sentinel 2:56 p.m. EDT, April 26, 2013 Florida Atlantic University’s student government leaders are fed up with all the negative publicity their school has received lately. The final straw came when the Daily Caller news website led a story about a professor’s conspiracy theories with “Florida Atlantic University is quite obviously [...]
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