Judge won’t allow jury in ex-deputy’s trial to visit Parkland shooting scene

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/1 11:07A Rafael Olmeda

The jury deciding the negligence case against former Broward Sheriff s Deputy Scot Peterson won t be allowed to visit the scene where a gunman murdered 17 students and faculty, nor will jurors be allowed to stand where Peterson took cover while...

Stanford team makes electronic skin that can sense touch

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/1 8:40A Lisa Krieger

Stanford scientists have developed a soft and stretchable electronic skin that can directly talk to the brain, imitating the sensory feedback of real skin using a strategy that, if improved, could...

Florida’s new voucher law allows private schools to boost revenue

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 6/1 3:56A Jeffrey S. Solochek

Preparing for classes to resume next fall, St. Paul Catholic School in St. Petersburg told its families not to expect much difference in its tuition charges. That changed after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a measure making state-funded...

Jury selection moves quickly at trial of school deputy accused of failing to confront Parkland...

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/31 11:55A Rafael Olmeda

The first phase of jury selection in the trial of former Broward Sheriff s Deputy Scot Peterson was completed Wednesday, the same day it started, with Circuit Judge Martin Fein whittling down the number of potential jurors from 300 to 55. Those...

FAU COVID shutdown case goes to Florida Supreme Court

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/31 6:29A News Service Of Florida

A lawsuit stemming from the shutdown of Florida Atlantic University’s campus early in the COVID-19 pandemic has gone to the state Supreme Court. An attorney for students filed a notice late Friday that is a first step in asking the Supreme Court...

Broward drama teacher who includes deaf students in school shows will receive a special Tony Award

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/31 4:24A Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) — The special Tony Award that honors educators will go this year to a drama teacher from Broward County who has closed the gap between the deaf and hearing worlds by having productions performed in both voice and American Sign...

School Board postpones vote on clear backpacks after parent cites a state law

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/30 12:34P Scott Travis

A Broward schools clear backpack requirement could be delayed or derailed after a parent found an obscure state law to slow down the plan. The School Board is postponing a vote on requiring clear backpacks for the new school year from June 13 to...

Three outsiders chosen as Broward superintendent finalists

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/30 7:06A Scott Travis

The search for the next Broward schools superintendent is down to three candidates, and one of them is not longtime administrator Valerie Wanza, an employee favorite. Each School Board member picked up to three people among a group of seven...

Shots fired, but from where? Stoneman Douglas deputy hopes jury clears his name and legacy

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/29 2:00A Rafael Olmeda

Four minutes and 15 seconds. That’s how much time elapsed between Deputy Scot Peterson’s arrival outside the 1200 building of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and the last shots fired by homicidal...

School uniforms could be required in Broward schools

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/29 1:00A Scott Travis

Broward students may have to replace those hoodies and leisure shorts with polos and khakis when they step onto school campuses. The Broward School Board is considering requiring uniforms or a unified dress code starting in the 2024-25 school...

How to Teach Active Reading Strategies in Your 4th Grade Classroom

Teaching in the Heart of Florida 5/28 8:00P Rissa

Are you looking for ways to help your students become active and engaged readers? Teaching active reading strategies can help your students build the foundational skills they need to become successful...

DeSantis’ book banning in schools spreads across nation, critics say

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/26 7:11A Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE — As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, laws pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books not only in Florida schools but also in an increasing number of other conservative states....

South Florida teenager on autism spectrum communicates through his artwork

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/26 6:51A Jack Lemnus

Viktor Bevanda sings while he works, the oil pastel in his hand dashing across the paper as he fills in a sketch of a basset hound with bright, vivid colors. Bevanda, 14, is an immigrant from Serbia...

Florida book bans could spread under new rule, critics say

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/24 2:14P Leslie Postal

Soon after Gov. Ron DeSantis and his staff denounced several books found in school libraries as “shocking, graphic” and not suitable for children, Orange County Public Schools pulled two of those volumes from its campus libraries. “State...

A video about a book disposal went viral. Broward schools call it a ‘false representation.’

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 5/23 5:14P Scott Travis

A video went viral Monday suggesting gigantic boxes of books were being discarded from a Broward school as part of a state effort to ban books. But the scenario presented by three employees at McNicol Middle in Hollywood is false, said district...