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Non-instructional school workers rally (SEIU / February 4, 2013) Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 12:47 p.m. EST, February 4, 2013 The hidden faces of Palm Beach County’s schools came out Monday morning to demand respect and fair treatment at their jobs. They’re the custodians, cafeteria workers and non-instructional employees in the district that keep the schools [...]
You’ve probably heard of STEM education, which stands for science, technology, engineering and math. But Palm Beach State has decided to focus on STEAM. The extra A stands for arts, and who better to speak about STEAM education than the co-founder of another famous A – Apple Inc.’s Steve Wozniak. He will share his perspectives [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 5:35 p.m. EST, January 21, 2013 For 40 students at Roosevelt Middle School, Monday will be a day for the history books. The group attended the Presidential Inauguration and flew in for a three-day trip. The students also visited museums, including newest monument honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They were [...]
By Scott Travis September 12, 2012 03:40 PM Education reporter Karen Yi is at the Palm Beach County School Board, where board members are discussing legislative priorities and other matters. Check out her blog here. Categories: None COMMENT BOARD GUIDELINES: You share in the SunSentinel.com community, so we just ask that you keep things civil. [...]
By Marc Freeman August 20, 2012 12:05 PM The first day of school in Palm Beach County? “Nothing out of the ordinary,” reports Superintendent Wayne Gent. He should know, after paying visits to 15 schools by 11 a.m., and getting updates from various administrators. “So far it looks very good,” Gent said while leaving Galaxy [...]
By Marc Freeman August 20, 2012 06:30 AM The moment is finally here – the first day of public school in Broward and Palm Beach counties. If you forgot, unlikely, the hundreds of yellow school buses clogging the roadways will be a good reminder that summer is over for more than 425,000 students. Some of [...]
By Marc Freeman August 20, 2012 12:05 PM The first day of school in Palm Beach County? “Nothing out of the ordinary,” reports Superintendent Wayne Gent. He should know, after paying visits to 15 schools by 11 a.m., and getting updates from various administrators. “So far it looks very good,” Gent said while leaving Galaxy [...]
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 Scott Travis May 8, 2012 12:49 PM Palm Beach Atlantic University has a new president, but it’s a change that many people might not notice. That’s because William Fleming Jr. has actually been in charge of the West Palm Beach-based Christian school for 14 months now, as interim president. During that period, the university’s [...]
By Marc Freeman May 7, 2012 02:00 PM Palm Beach County’s teachers union is turning up the heat in its years-long quest to gain back experienced-based pay raises for its members. My article in today’s editions previews the start of contract negotiations with the School Board. The Classroom Teachers Association today unveiled a new platform [...]
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