Broward schools’ botched effort to buy laptops for students sparks inspector general probe

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/21 1:00A Scott Travis

An effort to buy thousands of laptops for Broward students has been mired by two years of delays, allegations of wrongdoing and now an investigation from the county s chief watchdog. The problems...

Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/20 10:35A Associated Press

By SARA CLINE and JACK BROOK NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. Related...

From Torah to tennis, Jewish summer camps bring the heat

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/20 2:47A Jessica Tzikas

Jewish day camps across South Florida are filling kids’ summers with athletics, creativity and Judaism. Programs like those at Camp Nefesh in Fort Lauderdale and The Mandel JCC s Camp Shalom in Palm Beach Gardens, both pictured here, are popular...

Class of 2025: Broward County’s high school valedictorians & salutatorians

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/19 2:00A Kari Barnett

Meet the valedictorians and salutatorians from Broward County high schools. Click here for the Palm Beach County honorees. Academic Solutions Academy A, Coral Springs Maynard McLaren (Melissa Jean...

Class of 2025: Palm Beach County’s high school valedictorians & salutatorians

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/19 2:00A Kari Barnett

Meet the valedictorians and salutatorians from Palm Beach County high schools. Click here for the Broward County honorees. Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach Valedictorian :...

Broward School Board votes against firing its chief auditor

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/17 6:04A Scott Travis

Broward School Board member Allen Zeman found no support Tuesday in his effort to fire the district s chief auditor. His motion failed 1 to 8, with some board members saying they supported Chief Auditor Dave Rhodes and some saying they had issues...

‘Schools of Hope’ charter expansion gets boost in bill attached to new Florida budget

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/17 6:03A Jim Saunders

TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers Monday night passed a measure that could help expand charter schools known as “schools of hope,” as Republicans continue trying to boost school choice and Democrats warn about harm to traditional public schools....

Create affordable housing for Broward’s teachers? A new idea takes shape with old school site

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/16 12:30A Scott Travis

An abandoned alternative school in Pompano Beach could get a new life as affordable housing for Broward s teachers. The school district wants to create workforce housing for district employees at the 2.8-acre site of Dave Thomas East Education...

Free Sports Athletic Physicals

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Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits against schools...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/12 7:57A Associated Press

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous  Supreme Court  ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to...

How scammers are using AI to steal college financial aid

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/10 4:43A Associated Press

By SHARON LURYE, Associated Press Education Writer It was an unusual question coming from a police officer. Heather Brady was napping at home in San Francisco on a Sunday afternoon when the officer knocked on her door to ask: Had she applied to...

USF backed in fight over campus shutdown during COVID pandemic

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/9 5:37A Jim Saunders

TALLAHASSEE — As the Florida Supreme Court ponders a similar case, a circuit judge last week backed the University of South Florida in a dispute about whether students should receive fee refunds because services were not available during a...

State agrees to drop charge in ex-Broward schools chief Runcie’s perjury case

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/9 4:09A Scott Travis

A high-profile, four-year effort to convict former Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie of a felony perjury charge ended with a whimper Monday as state prosecutors agreed to dismiss the case. The move, announced in Judge Martin Fein s courtroom...

Broward schools chief auditor should be fired, School Board member says

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/7 1:00A Scott Travis

The chief auditor for Broward schools should be fired, said one School Board member, who wrote a scathing evaluation. Dave Rhodes, who was hired as chief auditor last year, received overall satisfactory marks from School Board members, according...

Judge puts temporary hold on Trump’s latest ban on Harvard’s foreign students

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/6 2:48A Associated Press

By CHRISSIE THOMPSON and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Education Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked  a proclamation  by President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard...