Natalie La Roche Pietri
Education ReporterNatalie La Roche Pietri is the education reporter at WLRN.
Before joining WLRN, Natalie interned at the Boston Globe on the Great Divide, a team dedicated to investigating race, class, and inequality in Boston-area schools.
She covered general news as an intern at the Miami Herald, and reported on camera covering politics in Washington, D.C, as an NBCU Academy Diversity, Equity and Inclusion fellow.
Natalie graduated from Florida International University with a double major in digital communications and English. She was the managing editor for Caplin News, a student media digital publication at FIU, and president of the Society of Professional Journalists at FIU.
Originally from Venezuela, Natalie grew up in Broward and speaks fluent Spanish. You can reach her at nlarochep@wlrnnews.org and follow her on X at @natalaroche.
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The second lady's summer reading challenge invites kindergarten through 8th grade students to read a dozen books this summer. -
The board recently approved an internal search to capture candidates who could potentially lead the country's third largest school district. It's depending on one of the largest educational leadership search firms in the country for the search. -
The proposed cuts are estimated to save about $54 million. Superintendent Howard Hepburn and some school board members have often spoken about the need downsize district staff to make it proportional to shrinking student enrollment. -
The school board of Palm Beach County on Wednesday voted to increase teacher salaries by 3.5%, as recommended by an external party. -
Broward School Board votes to direct $254M from Nov. 3 referendum to pay teachers, key support staffIf voters approve the Nov. 3 referendum, the distribution of the money would be determined through negotiations between union bargaining groups and the school district. -
When adjusted for inflation, the average teacher salary decreased by an estimated 4.6% over the past decade, according to a new report. -
The School Board of Broward County will strengthen staff-issued credit card practices after state education officials opened an investigation into the Board chair's $150 ticket purchase for a Democratic political fundraiser with public funds. -
School board chair Sarah Leonardi submitted a letter to the commissioner of education confirming her secretary used the a district-issued purchasing card to buy an $150 ticket for a partisan event. -
Board members agreed they didn't have enough time to go through the proposal to have Success Academy operate out of five existing high schools — saying they received it just the day before. "We're required to make a vote with a gun to our head," said board member Danny Espino. "I don't think that it's lost on us that we are negotiating from a weakened position." -
The board is moving forward with an internal search to capture candidates who could potentially lead the country's third largest school district. -
The 803 job cuts are estimated to save $36.6 million for a district dealing with a financial crisis. In two years, the district projects a loss of 20,000 students, which will result in a dramatic budget deficit. -
It’s the latest move in the war the state has been waging for years against sociology as a discipline.
