Moms for Liberty read ‘porn’ hoping to ban books in Florida

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/20 1:46P Scott Travis, Leslie Postal

Moms for Liberty, the conservative group founded in Florida and now a force in national politics, tried this week to get books pulled from school libraries by reading aloud at school board meetings...

Schools Attending College Fair

CavsConnect.com 9/20 5:00A Laura Ridoux, CavsConnect Editor

Here are a list of colleges attending club fair along with some general information about them.

Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship

CavsConnect.com 9/20 2:57A

Applicants will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need. Eligibility: Current high school seniors, or the equivalent, who are citizens of the United States are eligible to apply. Applicants  do not need to be related to a member...

Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/20 2:46A Barbara Ortutay

Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members there on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Seeing his peers — and himself — struggle with returning to normal, he wanted to do...

IB Diploma, Transcripts and Certificate Pick Up

Coral Gables Senior High 9/20 2:24A

IB Diplomas, Transcripts, and Certificates will be available for pick up on September 26th and December 21st

SPILL YOUR GUTS

CavsConnect.com 9/19 12:42P Gabrielle Solomon and Camila Lam

Artist : Olivia Rodrigo   Album Title : GUTS   Release Date : Sep. 8, 2023 Overall Rating : C- Artist Olivia Rodrigo rose to stardom with her single “drivers license” and became a household name in...

Why Princeton? Event in Miami

CavsConnect.com 9/19 5:17A

Why Princeton? Focus on Affordability  is a program hosted by our Director of Admission, Matt Alander, and our Deputy Director of Financial Aid, Silvia Rodriguez. During the event, students will hear about learning and living at Princeton, in...

Families upended by school shootings share trauma in push for gun law changes, but get mixed...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/18 7:09P Associated Press

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For nearly a week, families whose lives were upended by a Nashville elementary school shooting took turns sharing dark details to Tennessee lawmakers. Their children thought they...

Coco Gauff Makes Tennis History with Her First Grand Slam

CavsConnect.com 9/18 4:12P Yara Korse, Staff Writer

At the professional level, the Grand Slam tournaments are ideal stages for athletes to showcase their talents and resiliency. For 19-year-old American Coco Gauff , she just actualized her dreams, winning her first major title at the 2023 U.S. Open...

FAU faculty ask for the interim president to stay. ‘Uncertainty is hurting us a lot.’

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/18 1:42P Scott Travis

Florida Atlantic University s faculty are asking that Interim President Stacy Volnick stay on as permanent leader, hoping to end months of controversy and instability that have clouded a presidential search. If the FAU Board of Trustees accepts...

UF drops to No. 6 among public universities on new US News rankings, climbs to No. 28 among all...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/18 10:28A Claire Grunewald

GAINESVILLE — The University of Florida fell one position to No. 6 among public universities in the new, annual national rankings published overnight Sunday by U.S. News & World Report, even as the state s flagship school climbed one spot to No....

UF again tops Florida colleges in U.S. News rankings

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/18 5:42A Jeff Weiner

The University of Florida again was rated as the state s top college in the annual U.S. News and World Report rankings released Monday, with the Gainesville university placing in the top 30 for...

4 Multiplication Strategies Every Teacher Should Know: Repeated Addition

Teaching in the Heart of Florida 9/17 8:00P Rissa

It s a universal truth that as students dive deeper into their math journey, they often hit a speed bump when they encounter multiplication for the first time. Many of us have seen the look of...

Will Broward College president reconsider his resignation? He’s being given a ‘cooling-off’ period,...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/16 3:27A Scott Travis

The future of Broward College President Greg Haile remains in limbo this weekend, with one of his bosses calling for a cooling-off period after he abruptly submitted his resignation Wednesday. Haile remains president for now, after the college s...

Next Florida Senate president, other lawmakers, take unpublicized tour of Stoneman Douglas massacre...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/16 2:00A Anthony Man

State Sen. Ben Albritton, the lawmaker who will become president of the Florida Senate after the 2024 election, took a two-hour tour Friday of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre site. Three other legislators were with him: state...