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Miami Dade Schools

WATCH: A Moment Of Silence In South Florida Schools

Posted 12.17.2012 | Miami
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Flags at South Florida public schools flew at half-mast Monday as the state's two largest school districts remembered the victims of the school shooti...

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Teacher Looking A First Raises In Three Years

Miami Herald | LAURA ISENSEE | Posted 01.09.2013 | Miami
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Miami-Dade teachers could see their first salary increase in three years, union leaders and district administrators announced Thursday. The United ...

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Resounding 'Yes' On $1.2 Billion Bond Issue For Schools

Posted 11.07.2012 | Miami
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Superintendent Alberto Carvalho earned another win for the Miami-Dade school district as county voters approved a $1.2 billion bond issue for school i...

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Pure Food, Pure Love

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 12.24.2012 | Home
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Linda Novick O'Keefe

Happy Food Day! Today we might take a wakeful moment to give thanks to Mother Earth for nourishing us and our families over the centuries. It is a great day to consider what we put into our bodies and to take particular notice of the beautiful domino effect of supporting local food systems.

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Huge Number Of Students Baker Acted This Year

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 06.19.2012 | Miami
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A 14-year-old student was caught with a knife in his backpack at a local public school. He never took the weapon out of his bag, never threatened anyo...

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Police Chief Reassigned Pending Investigation Into Misconduct Allegations

Posted 07.21.2012 | Miami
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Miami-Dade Schools Police Chief Charles Hurley has been reassigned pending investigations into allegations of misconduct. Complaints filed with th...

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Schools Chief Accused Of Baker Acting Kids To Pad Stats

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 05.17.2012 | Miami
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Miami Dade Public Schools Police Chief Charles Hurley is accused of directing officers to Baker Act rather than arrest students to make it appear that...

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Police Investigated Trayvon Martin Over Jewelry

AP | KYLE HIGHTOWER | Posted 03.28.2012 | Miami
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SANFORD, Fla. -- Women's jewelry and a watch found in Trayvon Martin's school backpack last fall could not be tied to any reported thefts, the Miami-D...

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Florida Offers Look At Problems With No Child Left Behind

AP | By CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 02.10.2012 | Home
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MIAMI -- By almost any measure, Norma Butler Bossard Elementary is a top performing school in Miami: It has consistently been rated an `A' by the stat...

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Goleman High Student Stabbed In On-Campus Fight

Posted 04.08.2012 | Miami
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A Miami Lakes high school student was airlifted to hospital Tuesday after being stabbed in a fight on campus. Miami-Dade School Board officials sai...

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Miami-Dade High Schools: 8 More 'A' Schools, Zero 'F's

Posted 03.05.2012 | Miami
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Miami-Dade County has more high-rating high schools and no failing ones, according to 2010-2011 FCAT scores released Wednesday by the state Department...

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