Miami-Dade School District

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.

A U.S. judge said Friday that a “substantial number” of women would lose free birth control coverage under new rules by the Trump administration that allow more employers to opt out of providing the benefit on religious and moral grounds.
Judge Haywood Gilliam made the comment at a continuing hearing over California’s attempt to block the rules.

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.

Connie Britton talks about how she prepared for her role on “9-1-1” and whether or not she would be a good first responder in real life.

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.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools is providing free nutritionally balanced meals for children in a number of eligible schools during summer school.

The Miami-Dade school district gave NBC 6 South Florida a rare, behind-the-scenes tour of its information and technology security center, where technicians detected and repelled a major cyber attack last week.