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As Gov. Ron DeSantis promotes Florida’s fight against coronavirus, he often points to a relatively low infection rate among children — even after school districts offered in-person learning. NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone found the governor is missing one key piece of information when he compares Florida to other states — he’s not counting all of Florida’s children.

In a speech and a tweet this week lauding his decision to keep schools open, Florida’s governor omitted more than 50,000 coronavirus cases confirmed in children over 14, comparing the state’s infection rate among children under 15 to other states’ rates for those under 20.

On the same day employees of Florida International University were asked to come back to campus, the governor of Florida took aim at the health and safety protocols the university is consulting as the basis for bringing its staff back.

Gov. Ron DeSantis maintained in a news conference that the CDC’s new guidance on reopening schools are hurting students rather than helping. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

Local teachers and school districts reacted to the CDC’s blueprint to reopening schools amid the pandemic. NBC 6’s Kim Wynne reports

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.