Tensions loomed large before Broward College president’s resignation: A closer look at the simmering...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/23 8:27P Scott Travis

The resignation of President Gregory Haile felt abrupt and unexpected for many at Broward College, but tensions had been actually been building for weeks. Haile, who had a smooth relationship with the college s Board of Trustees for most of his...

DeSantis drops Sagemont Prep campuses, other schools from voucher programs because of China ties

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/22 2:37P Angie DiMichele

Two Weston preparatory school campuses and two schools in the Orlando area that have direct ties to the Chinse Communist Party have been suspended from Florida s school choice scholarship program, Gov. Ron DeSantis office said Friday night....

Should Parkland shooting be a topic in history class? Some worry it’ll dredge up memories

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/22 10:07A Lisa J. Huriash

References to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High are now in history books at Florida s public schools, a shock to some families who say the pain is too fresh for the tragedy to already be part of class. The material is new this...

Football Game Vs. South Miami

CavsConnect.com 9/22 9:34A Gaby Blanco

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Student threatened to kill teacher, students at South Plantation High, police say

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/22 9:09A Angie DiMichele

The South Plantation High School student who was arrested for making written threats and disrupting a school function earlier this week sent a text to a teacher, threatening to kill her and other students, police said. The school was on lockdown...

Changes bring friction, and lawsuits, to Florida college targeted by DeSantis

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/22 6:54A Patricia Mazzei

SARASOTA — As the fall semester began at New College of Florida, a small public school known as proudly unconventional when Gov. Ron DeSantis set about overhauling it this year, new students were easy to spot. Many were recruited athletes, clad...

NSU president to step down in 2025. His successor is already set.

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/21 1:52P Angie DiMichele

After more than a decade of serving as Nova Southeastern University s president and CEO, Dr. George Hanbury will step down in January 2025, when Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Dr. Harry Moon will take over. NSU s Board of...

Book bans surged across the US in 2023. Florida was the blueprint.

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/21 11:44A Shira Moolten

The number of books banned in school districts across the U.S. reached a peak this year, a new report says, with Florida leading the way in more ways than one. The state topped the country in the number of books banned alone, representing 40% of...

Florida families say school vouchers are unpaid, causing major disruption

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/21 11:35A Jeffrey S. Solochek

Danielle Underwood is at wit’s end over the state-funded school voucher for her daughter, Aryana. “I checked my (balance) an hour ago,” Underwood said Thursday afternoon. “It was zero.” That meant her daughter’s small private school for students...

Stoneman Douglas building, site of Parkland shooting, will be demolished next summer

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/21 8:06A Lisa J. Huriash

The 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, where the Parkland school shooting happened in 2018, will be demolished next summer. District officials made the announcement Thursday afternoon. The intent is to get the area cleared before...

Moms for Liberty read ‘porn’ hoping to ban books in Florida

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/20 1:46P Scott Travis, Leslie Postal

Moms for Liberty, the conservative group founded in Florida and now a force in national politics, tried this week to get books pulled from school libraries by reading aloud at school board meetings...

Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/20 2:46A Barbara Ortutay

Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members there on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Seeing his peers — and himself — struggle with returning to normal, he wanted to do...

Why Princeton? Event in Miami

CavsConnect.com 9/19 5:17A

Why Princeton? Focus on Affordability  is a program hosted by our Director of Admission, Matt Alander, and our Deputy Director of Financial Aid, Silvia Rodriguez. During the event, students will hear about learning and living at Princeton, in...

Families upended by school shootings share trauma in push for gun law changes, but get mixed...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 9/18 7:09P Associated Press

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For nearly a week, families whose lives were upended by a Nashville elementary school shooting took turns sharing dark details to Tennessee lawmakers. Their children thought they...

Coco Gauff Makes Tennis History with Her First Grand Slam

CavsConnect.com 9/18 4:12P Yara Korse, Staff Writer

At the professional level, the Grand Slam tournaments are ideal stages for athletes to showcase their talents and resiliency. For 19-year-old American Coco Gauff , she just actualized her dreams, winning her first major title at the 2023 U.S. Open...