Nearly 5,000 Florida students could get help from settlement
Attorney General Pam Bondi PHOTO COURTESY OF FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Nearly 5,000 students from Florida are expected to share in a …
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How to Get Your Family Interested in Art and Music
StatePoint When school budgets suffer, often so do arts and music programs. Families can make up for scaled back opportunities in the classroom by bringing …
Students participate in mock trial with real attorneys
Students from the Overtown Youth Center experienced a day in the life of a trial attorney. Staff Report MIAMI – Recently, after a week of …
Hollywood Jaycees help youth with back to school shopping sprees
Hollywood Jaycees member Ciara Biederman participated in her first shopping spree with youth from the Children’s Home Society. PHOTO COURTESY OF HOLLYWOOD JAYCEES Staff Report …
Back to School 3D Campaign makes WPB drivers think about speeding
This image is a sample of the displays that will populate West Palm Beach during the Back-to-School 3D Campaign. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WEST PALM …
Students invited to enter Congressional App Challenge
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA Washington, D.C. – The third annual Congressional App Challenge has begun. The U.S. House of Representatives launched this exciting and innovative …
Smart home technology can help remove school year stress
SmartThings Hub PHOTO COURTESY OF BEMYGUESTWITHDENISE.COM Statepoint Many parents have worries around the back-toschool season, especially if kids will be alone for a portion of …
He escaped a classmate’s hit-list. Now he’s sworn police
Miami-Dade Police Badge PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA CHARLES RABIN The Miami Herald MIAMI (AP) – Andre Martin remembers it vividly: Michael Hernandez leading Martin and …
Labor conference highlights advocacy and education
Panelists at the A. Phillip Randolph Institute’s (APRI) 48th Annual National Education Conference listen to feedback from the audience during a question and answer session. …
Ivy League schools brace for scrutiny of race in admissions
Christopher Eisgruber, president of Princeton University PHOTO COURTESY OF PRINCETON.EDU By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A Justice Department inquiry into how race …