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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 [...]
By Marc Freeman July 13, 2012 11:07 AM Palm Beach Virtual School, a K-12 public school, needs students. Administrators invite families to come out to a “round-up” event to register for full-time virtual education for the 2012-2013 school year. The event will be held July 19 at The Safe Schools Institute next to Don Estridge [...]
By Marc Freeman July 5, 2012 12:44 PM Here’s a guest entry from Leslie Postal of the Orlando Sentinel: We don’t know when Florida’s first batch of A-to-F school grades will be released – it will likely be soon, however –but Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson doesn’t want parents to be alarmed, if their children’s schools [...]
By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 10:35 a.m. EST, January 10, 2012 (TO COMMENT, CLICK ON “COMMENTS” TOP LEFT)— To some, LeBron James’ message is a mixed message, considering it comes from a player who skipped college to go directly to the NBA. But to James, it is what came before that eased that [...]
By Cara Fitzpatrick November 30, 2011 12:00 PM As the Sun Sentinel reported Wednesday, the poverty rate for school-age children skyrocketed in South Florida from 2007 to 2010. In Broward and Palm Beach counties, about one in five children ages 5 to 17 live in poverty, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. In the story, Broward [...]
By Anna Beach November 4, 2011 03:59 PM If you fancy yourself a Ringo Starr or just want the experience of performing in sync with 100+ other drummers, then roll out your drum kit to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Sunday afternoon. The Big Beat is presented locally by Hollywood-based Resurrection Drums, [...]
Some members of Congress are among those upset that a controversial French rail company is funding a Holocaust education program in Florida. Florida Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio and 11 House members have written a letter to Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson questioning why his department accepted an $ 80,000 grant from SNCF, the [...]
By Scott Travis August 2, 2011 05:14 PM It’s a big week for South Florida’s medical schools. The first 64 students at Florida Atlantic University’s medical school will don their white coats at 4 p.m. Friday for the White Coat Ceremony, a time-honored tradition among medical students. And the University of Miami School of Medicine [...]
By Anna Beach July 15, 2011 11:20 AM Florida’s new education commissioner Gerard Robinson is in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, July 15. He’s a panelist at a town hall meeting presented at the Coalition to Ensure Educational Opportunities for Hispanic Children to Succeed, an event sponsored by Lake Worth-based Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational [...]
Within hours on Saturday morning, news spread of two tragedies: the deaths of teachers’ union leader Robert Dow, and the father of School Board member Debra Robinson. Mr. Dow died early Saturday at his home after a courageous fight against cancer; C. Frederick Robinson was shot and killed Friday night at his home in Flint, [...]
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