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Parents are now able to track the reported cases of COVID-19 at public schools in South Florida.

They’ve been counting down the days and now it’s here: kids are coming back to Broward County Public Schools Friday. “It’s a rollercoaster of emotions. I’m always nervous, but I’m excited to see them,” said second grade teacher Nicole Ferraro.  Her colleague across the hall at Harbordale Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale, Noel Morgado-Santos, said, “I believe that we...

The first wave of Broward County students are set to return to classrooms Friday. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer has more of how some are preparing.

More than 70,000 students in elementary grades, plus grades 6, 9 and 10, came back to the campuses of Miami-Dade County Public Schools Wednesday. That means every single school in the district has now reopened with students in their buildings.

More students are back in the classroom for the first time since public schools shut down in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Certain middle and high schoolers stepped back onto campus. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports.

The teachers of Broward County Public Schools have been training. In fact, it’s been going on for weeks, with the single objective of making the e-learning experience better on both sides of the computer screen, for teachers and especially for students.

A growing number of people infected with COVID-19 are refusing to take part in the county contact tracing program, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez told commissioners at a meeting on Tuesday. “It is one of the troubling signs we are hearing from the health department. 50% or more are not participating,” he said. The program, along with the availability of tests,…

After three weeks of distance learning, Monroe County Public Schools reopened Monday, welcoming thousands of students back to their classrooms.

The pandemic numbers are improving, and so is the outlook for the physical reopening of Broward and Miami-Dade Public Schools.

Reopening schools in Florida could slow down after a judge Monday blocked Governor Ron DeSantis and education officials from forcing public schools to open their doors. The Florida Education Association had sued the state for issuing the mandate or risk losing funding.

It’s a strange time to be a college student. St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens is a microcosm of what’s happening nationwide.  St. Thomas has about 1,400 undergraduate students, and more than 500 of them live on campus. Those students are moving into their dormitory rooms as the cloud of COVID-19 looms over everything.   “We are taking as...

It’s a strange time to be a college student. St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens is a microcosm of what’s happening nationwide.

Whether you call them learning pods or microschools, they are a national phenomenon and a direct response to dissatisfaction with distance learning.

South Florida public schools are in various stages of reopening. Broward schools open Wednesday morning, while Miami-Dade and Palm Beach county schools open on August 31. Of course, they’re opening virtually, not physically.

Broward Schools are set to reopen Wednesday with distance learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.

No one was satisfied with the distance learning experience that teachers and students were forced into when schools abruptly closed at the beginning of the pandemic last March. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports on the new training teachers gone through for the fall semester.

Entering hallways will be replaced with entering a log-in for the first day of school at all Broward County public schools next week.   The school board held a special meeting Tuesday to review reopening plans before giving final approval. The district said changes will bring more structure to their distance learning program. One major initiative is help for parents…

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.

One of the biggest public charter school operators in Florida surprised parents and teachers by doing an about-face this week on its reopening plans for this coming school year.  Charter Schools USA had initially said it would physically open its South Florida schools, but this week officials announced that in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, the COVID positivity rates are...

One of the biggest public charter school operators in Florida surprised parents and teachers by doing an about-face this week on its reopening plans for this coming school year. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports.