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Impact of Midterm Election on Education
This year’s midterms will have a considerable impact on public education in Florida. Read this article by Valentina Foglia to learn more.
Carrie Meek, Trailblazing Pioneer & Black Congresswoman, Passes at 95
By Carlineissa Jean Francois Carrie Meek, the grandchild of a slave and the daughter of a sharecropper, died on Sunday, November 28, 2021. She was one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction. She was 95 years old. After experiencing the challenges of being a poor, Black woman in Florida, she made…
DeSantis Eliminates Common Core
By Tyler Banks These are polarizing times and, although there is plenty of anger and outrage to go around, few issues cause as much frustration as public education: especially standardized testing.The latest iteration of this, the Common Core, is reviled on both sides of the aisle. The Common Core is a set of guidelines that…
Teachers Protest Against Budget Cuts
By Gabriella Licona It began in Oklahoma on Monday, April 2. The sun was burning hot and the city was crowded, but nonetheless, the teachers put their discomforts aside, and continued to rally. As they began to shout and flood the streets with posters and determined faces, public school teachers from all areas of Oklahoma…
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The Ribbon is Cut: MLEC Introduces a New Strand
By Rozany Guzman This morning, Miami Lakes Educational Center had the opportunity to unveil the newest addition to the MLEC family, the new Trade and Industry strand: Building Automation Systems Technology (BAST). Superintendent Alberto Carvalho @MiamiSup and Madam Chair Perla Tabares Hantman @MDCPSPHantman cut the ribbon to MLEC’s newest strand: Building Automation Systems Technology pic.twitter.com/VYcFqSEMYO…
Miami-Dade Superintendent Carvalho to Become New York City’s Education Chief
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…
ICYMI: Currents from Cuba Presentation at MLEC
By Daniel Gonzalez Last Monday, February 5th, MLEC invited all its science classes during to view a presentation about Cuban wild life, plants and environment. It was presented by Rich Kern, a nature documentary film director. He created the film called, “Currents from Cuba,” which documented his adventures into Cuba as he focused on the…
New Appliances for the Culinary Arts Program at MLEC
By Abigail Castro From learning how to ice a cake to chopping carrots, the Culinary Arts students are constantly improving and learning new skills in the kitchen. In order to keep up with the cut throat industry, culinary students must be exposed to advanced appliances and tools. For this reason, Chef Jamey Hunt, the culinary…
DACA on the Edge
By Valeria Bula President Donald Trump is expected to cease DACA, also known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the American immigration policy founded by the Obama administration in June 2012 which allows certain illegal immigrants who entered the country as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and eligibility…
Democratic Senators Show Strong Concern for Minority Students in Letter to EdSec Betsy DeVos
By Sabine Joseph Last Tuesday, led by Washington Sen. Patty Murray, 33 Democratic senators and Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders penned a strongly worded letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos regarding what they feel is her disappointing and alarming lack of dedication to making sure that “all students, no matter their race, religion, disability, country…