Category: Education

Broward teachers vote overwhelmingly to keep their union

In a long-awaited election, Broward teachers have voted overwhelmingly to keep their union, officials said Monday. The Broward Teachers Union is now the latest teachers’ group in Florida to win recertification after a 2023 state law left it more challenging for public-employee unions to keep operating. About 6,228 teachers voted to keep the Broward Teachers Union and 128 voted against the group, Anna Fusco, the union president, said Monday. “They want the Broward Teachers Union to be... Read More

Wife and daughter of an FIU dean are among the missing in Texas floods

The wife and daughter of William G. Hardin III, dean of the College of Business at Florida International University, are among the dozens of presumed dead after catastrophic flooding swept through Central Texas in the predawn hours of July 4. According to multiple sources, including a letter from the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and a statement from The Webb School, a private college preparatory school in Tennessee, the Hardin family’s home in Hunt, Texas, was... Read More

Broward teachers to decide fate of union in long-awaited election

The Broward Teachers Union is facing a long-awaited vote to determine whether the group can still exist. The vote for recertification comes two years after a state law left it more challenging for public-employee unions to keep operating. The union president says she feels confident the group will see an election win. The Broward union’s ballots, which were mailed to all teachers, will be counted Monday. A majority must vote in favor of the union in order for the group to continue. “I... Read More

Trump administration freezes funding for after-school, child care programs

A Trump administration budget freeze could mean millions of dollars lost for school districts and other educational institutions across Florida that offer after-school and summer programs, including in South Florida. Until now, the Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County operated federally funded programs, such as those that fell under the purview of the organization’s 21st Century Community Learning Center. That money had allowed the Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County to... Read More

BCPS Statewide Assessment Scores Continue to Rise and Outperform the State in the Majority of Tested Areas

Thursday, June 26, 2025The Florida Department of Education has released results for the Spring 2025 statewide assessments, which includes the Florida Assessment for Student Thinking (FAST) in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, Science scores for grades 5 and 8, and cumulative End-of-Course (EOC) exam results for Biology, Civics, U.S. History, Algebra and Geometry. ... Read More

Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms

By SARA CLINE and JACK BROOK NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. The ruling on Friday marked a major win for civil liberties groups who say the mandate violates the separation of church and state, and that the poster-sized displays would isolate students — especially those who are not Christian. The mandate has been... Read More

From Torah to tennis, Jewish summer camps bring the heat

Jewish day camps across South Florida are filling kids’ summers with athletics, creativity and Judaism. Programs like those at Camp Nefesh in Fort Lauderdale and The Mandel JCC’s Camp Shalom in Palm Beach Gardens, both pictured here, are popular with local Jewish families who hope to keep their kids active while maintaining Jewish customs. Children, whose ages range from preschool to 10th grade (depending on the camp), get to experience an entertaining summer that instills a sense of... Read More