Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Ivan Silva has served in the Miami-Dade School Police Department for nearly 30 years, beginning his tenure as a school resource officer. He now leads the largest school police force in the country.

Florida is considered one of the deadliest places in the U.S. to be a cyclist. Now the Miami-Dade County School Board is rolling out a pilot project to build more protected bike lanes.

UPDATED: With heavy rain causing major flooding in South Florida from Wednesday night into Thursday morning, city and school officials warned residents to keep off the roadways and announced closings and cancellations.

Veterans Day is a big deal at Frank C. Martin International K-8 Center in Richmond Heights in southwest Miami-Dade. The neighborhood was founded as a home for Black veterans returning from World War II. Every year, students at the school celebrate local service members.

A national movement to get naloxone in schools is gaining momentum, at a time when opioids account for 90% of drug overdose deaths among teenagers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The new Future Ready Miami-Dade Scholarship is aimed at helping families who make too much to qualify for other grants, but not enough to cover the cost of college on their own.

Broward County Public Schools distributes an estimated 40,000 copies of "With Lots of Love" to young readers, as part of a national effort to boost early literacy.

Providing food that’s appetizing — and nutritious — is key to powering the young minds in the nation's third-largest school district. But officials say tens of thousands of students aren't taking advantage of free breakfast and lunches.

Millions of Venezuelans have left their country behind, fleeing the humanitarian crisis under the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Many are taking the hard way — trekking through the treacherous Darién Gap and up through Central America to reach the U.S.-Mexico border on foot. WLRN retraces the journey of one family.

Tens of thousands of new immigrant students enrolled in Miami-Dade County Public Schools last year, after leaving behind economic crises, political repression and rampant violence in their home countries. Now the school district is rolling out new strategies to support these "newcomer" students.

The board for the state's largest school district blocked the symbolic LGBTQ History resolution after some members argued it violates state law. The board's attorney has said the proclamation is legal.

A year-and-a-half ago, Renee O'Connor was a finalist to be Miami-Dade County's teacher of the year. Now, she's on leave from her job as an African American history teacher.