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The Broward County school district contracts with local law enforcement agencies to have a school resource officer (SRO) on every campus. But the district isn't paying the bill for those services, according to one local police chief.
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Broward County Public Schools staff, in response to new state law, were recommending scaling back sex ed curriculum. Board members called the proposal an overreaction.
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“I look forward to seeing and participating in prayer services and prayer gatherings in our school where I will personally thank God for the very freedom to gather and to pray,” said board Vice Chair Dan Espino.
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Plantation High School sophomore Eric Franzblau got involved in politics in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Now, he's helping organize students to protest the efforts to centralize the state's control over Florida's public education system.
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The Vizcaya Museum & Gardens looks like the stuff of fairytales — who wouldn't be inspired? Hundreds of students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools visited the historic estate this week to make art with local artists and get a break from the classroom.
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Students and educators in South Florida are continuing to celebrate Black History Month, at a time when activists are targeting books about the Black experience and state officials are restricting how that history can be taught in the state's classrooms.
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A picture book written by a South Florida transgender activist is among the most banned kids' books in the U.S., according to the advocacy group PEN America.
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Diana Haneski says if she thought about all of the children killed by guns since the 2018 Parkland shooting, she would be paralyzed with grief. So she focuses on what she can do — help the students who are at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School now.
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A nature preserve near the Everglades will soon be home to a memorial for the 17 people who were killed five years ago at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Families of those killed say they should be remembered for how they lived, not just how they died.
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Hundreds of Miami-Dade County high schoolers were able to see the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Anna in the Tropics" after district officials reversed a decision to bar students from the show.
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A wave of censorship is washing over Florida's public schools, as they grapple with new state laws and regulations that are increasing scrutiny over library books. In Broward County, one teacher says she's been told to close her classroom library.
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State officials directed Florida's public universities to report campus activities and courses related to diversity, equity and inclusion. It's part of Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign to restrict how racism, gender and discrimination can be addressed in public schools.