Florida school districts halt testing amid new problems
By GARY FINEOUT Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida school districts across the state were forced Monday to halt the latest round of state …
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Campaign aims to find 1,000 trade jobs for students
PHOTO COURTESY OF TRAVIS JORDAN, BROWARD COLLEGE CLEARWATER — The Florida TRADE Consortium, a coalition of 13 state and community colleges across Florida, has …
Savannah State offers in-state tuition to Fla., Ala., S.C. students
PHOTO COURTESY OF COLLEGES.NICHE.COM By Loretta D. Heyward SAVANNAH — Savannah State University (SSU) has been approved to offer in-state tuition rates to residents of …
MDC hosts annual Day of the Young Child in Homestead
PHOTO COURTESY OF MIAMI DADE COLLEGE HOMESTEAD — Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Homestead Campus and the School of Education will celebrate the 13th …
NSU College of Dental Medicine gives kids a chance to smile
PHOTO COURTESY OF NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY DAVIE — Approximately 320 children got a reason to smile thanks to volunteer dental students and faculty members at …
Science Center seeks students for 29th annual engineering contest
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER AND AQUARIUM/ESTEBAN PARCHUC WEST PALM BEACH — Eager student engineers have a chance to get hands-on, minds-on …
Hackers promote good health
PHOTO COURTESY OF FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BOCA RATON — The Quantum Foundation is teaming up with Modernizing Medicine and Florida Atlantic University’s world-class accelerator, Tech …
Schools nationwide struggle with substitute teacher shortage
By TOM COYNE SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Carrie Swing wasn’t alarmed when her fifth-grade daughter, Ivy, spent a day in a first-grade classroom at her San Francisco …