-
It’s game day in the eighth grade International Baccalaureate design class at Ada Merritt K-8 Center in Little Havana in Miami.The games the students are…
-
Know the joke about how many college students it takes to screw in a light bulb?Probably not, since it’s not a real joke. Nor is the decision some…
-
Last week the international Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released the results of a global study looking at the effect of…
-
At last count, during the 2013-2014 school year, the number of homeless students had risen to more than 71,000 in Florida's public schools. For many of…
-
Students who are considered homeless by Florida schools can be living in hotels, trailer parks, in campgrounds or doubled up with friends or relatives....
-
The first time some students learn about finances is during a high school economics class. Others learn by trial and error, but one program in the Tampa...
-
Florida just completed the first year of one of the biggest experiments in U.S. education.For the first time this year, every grade in every public school…
-
Bills filed in the Florida House and Senate would require high school students to take a one-semester financial literacy course. But with just three weeks…
-
Testing experts say so far Florida's problems with its new statewide exam, the Florida Standards Assessments, are likely not serious enough for the state…
-
At Miami's iPrep Academy, getting ready for the state's new standardized test includes rapping.Two students are recording the daily announcements, telling…
-
A proposal to limit students to 45 hours of testing a year is unlikely to reduce the amount of time spent on exams, according to a survey of Florida's…
-
Performance funding in public higher education is a way for states to hold institutions accountable for certain outcomes. But new research shows it…