Education

Having physically and emotionally healthy children is the aspiration of any community. With this goal in mind, educators, parents, PTA members, community leaders, mental health specialists, and law enforcement officers joined together to discuss the challenges children and teens are facing today within Miami-Dade School District.

The gap in educational achievements between male and female students has been slowly widening each year, and the pandemic impact on the retention of students only worsened that situation.

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a legislative proposal that will eliminate the common-core based, end-of-year, high-stakes Florida Statewide Assessment and create the new Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (F.A.S.T) plan, which will monitor student progress and foster individual growth.

It continues to be a great challenge for many families to join in-person activities, and virtual options might not seem so attractive. However, choosing one allows room to grow, be it a simple game with friends or something more formal.

This school year, scheduled to begin on August 23rd in Miami-Dade, will match with the rise of the Delta variant, the most recent strain of COVID-19 that today is responsible for more than 80 percent of all infections in the United States.

HB 7045 expands eligibility, maximizes parental choice in K-12 scholarship programs