When Jaiel Langston walks across the graduation stage this Saturday, she won’t be collecting a high school diploma. Instead, she’ll be awarded an associate’s degree. At just 16 years old, Langston, a junior at Miami Northwestern Senior High School, is the first student at her school to earn a college degree in the 11th grade.…
President Trump campaigned on shutting down the Department of Education. However, seeing it happen, with the department laying off about half of its workforce, sends shockwaves through the local education community and through many families. The DOE provides about a billion dollars combined to the Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe County school districts. Much of…
Educators are sounding the alarm about a proposed funding cut that could impact the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, Cambridge, and dual enrollment courses offered at public high schools throughout the state of Florida. The Florida House of Representatives passed a budget bill that slashes by half the amount of reimbursement given to school…
A Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher is back in his native Honduras after he was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month during a routine immigration appointment, board members said Friday. The teacher, who has not been identified, is a middle school science teacher. He was detained a week prior to President Donald Trump taking…