Broward Schools

The third marking period starts next week, and Broward County Public Schools has a message for parents: if at all possible, send your kids back to the schoolhouse.

Broward Schools Superintendent made his message clear that he wants teachers and students back in classrooms. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

It’s been a long summer for parents teachers and even some students – but school begins next week in Broward and the final reopening plan is set to get board approval tomorrow. NBC 6’s Arlene Borenstein reports.

With every passing day, students and parents are feeling more anxiety about the coming school year. Will campuses be open again at some point?

Broward school leaders got together to talk about ways to improve distance learning, since it may be the way they start off the year. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports.

Broward students experienced system glitches on the first day of remote learning. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports.

As more and more parents find themselves at home during the coronavirus pandemic, juggling work and kids’ education needs can become difficult.Kristina Rodriguez, a high school teacher in Miami, is also a parent – and understands just how tricky navigating the new learning landscape can be. “The biggest challenge was to make sure that I had a balance,” she said….

Kristina Rodriguez is a high school teacher – and a mother of two school-aged children. As more and more parents find themselves working from home amid the coronavirus pandemic, Rodriguez has some tips and tricks on how you can make sure your kids are learning as much as they can from home.

With no more physical classes and an increasingly severe shutdown of operations in the state, parents and families will now have to manage their children’s schooling and spare time with a limited availability of resources to count on.

Miami-Dade and Broward public schools will be temporarily closing in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Broward County’s teacher, principal and assistant principal of the year have been announced, according to a news release from the school district. Broward’s top school-related employee was also honored at the 2020 Caliber Awards Ceremony Thursday. The prestigious event took place at the Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center. Cari Rodriguez, of Harbordale Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale, was...

Students in Broward County will get a weeklong Thanksgiving break starting next year, officials said. The newly released school calendar also highlights a new start date for the 2020-2021 school year: Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Broward students kicked off the current school year five days earlier, on Aug. 14, 2019. The last day for Broward public school students (for the…

An administrator for Broward County schools faces a demotion and a nearly $44,000 pay cut because she showed up for work on Halloween dressed as a flasher. A complaint filed with the school district said Mary Coker, 46, showed up at a school for adult students and at an administrative office party wearing a costume of “only a black coat…

Suicide prevention has become issue number one in the Parkland and Coral Springs community, since two teenagers died by suicide in recent weeks.

A student was hospitalized after being stabbed during a fight Friday afternoon at a South Florida high school.

Schools and families deal with how medical marijuana can be dispensed when the school year starts.

The controversy involves history teacher Greg Pittman, who supports gun control, and junior Kyle Kashuv, who has defended gun rights following the mass shooting at their school.

A gun rights advocate won’t be allowed to speak on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School campus where a teenager with an assault rifle killed 17 people.

Broward County School officials say the district is considering whether to tear down and replace the building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where a gunman opened fire.

Students and teachers at a Fort Lauderdale school were mourning the loss Tuesday of a principal who died after she was injured in a motorcycle crash over the weekend.