By Karla Perez Children spend more time at school than anywhere else. Other than parents, teachers are – arguably – the most influential adults in a child’s life. Yet, despite the awesome responsibility that comes with educating, coaching and caring for the world’s future leaders, Florida’s teachers make well below the national average. Standardized testing…
By Sabine Joseph “You need to register to vote. You need to push elected officials into defining their positions on many issues, specific to education, gun control, access to guns, mental health issues,” advises @MiamiSup to @MDCPS students pic.twitter.com/dvjoIvEqi4 — The Harbinger (@HarbingerMLEC) April 12, 2018 “You are enlightened, aware. You are powerful. You are…
By Abigail Castro Miami-Dade County Public Schools students are shining in the new Nation’s Report Card. According to new results released on Tuesday by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Florida was the only state where students scored higher on a national math exam than last year, thus making progress where the rest of the…
By Devin Dubon Applause erupted at the emergency school board meeting convened by Alberto Carvalho as he announced that he will remain as Superintendent of Miami Dade Public Schools. He’s staying. @MiamiSup said against what is best for his career, he’s staying where his heart is: Miami. @nbc6 Heaped praise on NY Mayor Bill DiBlasio…
By Abigail Castro Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade’s longtime superintendent, is set to become the next chancellor of the New York City Department of Education according to Bill de Blasio, NYC mayor. https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/968991221891903489 School district spokeswoman, Daisy Gonzalez-Diego, said Carvalho was offered the job, but has not yet formally accepted the position. Carvalho has served as superintendent…
By Daylin Delgado & Diana Rodriguez A record 8.3 million people lost power for days. Potentially dangerous debris littered the streets, traffic lights went out and many homes were destroyed. Irma definitely battered the Caribbean, Florida and several southeastern states. But the storm’s aftermath also showcased some of the very best in humanity. Communities came…
By Nathalie Del Valle It was a late Sunday afternoon when my family first heard the news of a hurricane forming in the atlantic. The track of the hurricane estimated hurricane Irma to reach South Florida around the weekend of September 9th. With only a few days before the storm hit, no one in…
By Ericka Miller and Yamine Mezawi Hurricane Irma was the most intense hurricane observed in the Atlantic since 2007. Starting off as a Tropical storm and later evolving into a catastrophic hurricane, Irma began its reign of terror by damaging less developed countries, including Cuba, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and more as it made it’s…
By Valeria Bula For the first time in history, Miami Dade County Public Schools has defeated failure. In the culmination of this victorious feat were the 94% of 392 public schools in Miami Dade County who received the letter grades A, B or C. Major announcement: for first time ever, no @MDCPS schools receive an…
By Valeria Bula Inundated with at least 10,000 emails, phone calls, letters and signed petitions from Floridians, educators, and members of the Florida School Board Association and Florida Association of District School Superintendents, Rick Scott was met with an overwhelming public urging for him to veto the infamous House Bill 7069. Unveiled and passed within…