Miami-Dade School District

In Miami-Dade County, which notoriously boasts some of the worst drivers in the nation, a program was created decades ago to help public schools train the next generation of safety-conscious young motorists. The concept: $3 of every Miami traffic ticket paid goes to the Drivers Education Safety Fund, part of a program Miami-Dade County created to reimburse schools that provide…

For many months, we’ve been hearing our local school superintendents and national educational leaders saying the pandemic would lead to learning losses among students.  Now it’s happening. Thousands of kids are falling through the academic cracks. About 1,700 students in Miami-Dade and nearly 800 in Broward are considered missing by the public school districts. These are kids who have...

The school districts anticipated it, and now it’s happening: the pandemic is causing thousands of students to fall through the academic cracks. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

More than 600 people in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, including both students and staff, have tested positive for coronavirus since schools reopened seven weeks ago. The actual number is higher due to lags in populating the school district’s Covid-19 dashboard. Still, the superintendent maintains the district is doing a good job containing the spread of the virus.   “Our promise…

The coronavirus is continuing its surge across the country — including South Florida. So how does that impact our public schools? NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

All the drama happened around 2 a.m. Thursday, when the Miami-Dade County School Board voted unanimously to dump the distance learning platform known as My School Online, a product of the K12 company.

It’s what’s caused major headaches for students and teachers across Miami-Dade County– their online platform for distance learning. Now the school board has cut ties with the program. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

A dozen Miami-Dade School District bus employees have been arrested after authorities say they used the personal information of children to file fraudulent insurance reimbursement claims worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The NBC6 Investigators reveal exclusive details in the case of a teacher accused of sexual misconduct.

Police departments across Miami-Dade County have reached a tentative agreement with the school district to add officers to every school in the county, according to a news release.

The first thing you notice is all the boys are wearing coats and ties. The second thing you notice is that there are no girls. Of course, you would not expect to find girls at a school called the Young Men’s Preparatory Academy.

A teacher at Cutler Bay Senior High School was arrested Friday for having an inappropriate relationship with a teen student.

The Miami-Dade School District is providing technology (in the form of computer laptops) to families who can’t afford it on their own.

Whether it’s shooting pictures or video, Ferguson High School senior Abraham “AJ” Cardenas has a knack for it.

Students at Miami-Dade School District wore green Wednesday to stand against youth violence as part of the ‘Sandy Hook Promise’ initiative.

For the third time in the past three school years, the Miami-Dade Superintendent has picked up his axe to whack off a few more assessments.

iTECH at Thomas Edison High School is hosting the camp for ninth and tenth graders who are doing this because they want to, not because they have to. The 50 slots for the camp’s two sessions were filled almost as soon as the Miami-Dade school district announced the camp would happen.

For years, public school districts in South Florida have focused relentlessly on raising academic achievement. Now there’s a national movement to concentrate on factors outside of school that can lead to failure in the classroom.

It’s summertime, but school was back in session on Wednesday for 1,800 educators.

They say there’s no free lunch, but try telling that to the hundreds of Miami-Dade kids who are eating cost-free lunches this summer. It’s part of a new program designed to feed disadvantaged children who would normally be on free lunch during the school year.