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Is your child gifted?
For some parents, getting a child into the gifted program is akin to winning a gold medal in the academic Olympics. It’s a label parents and some students crave as much for the prestige as the potential for higher learning. Educators say parents who clamor to get the inside track on gifted testing should consider whether it’s really right for their child. BY JULIE LANDRY LAVIOLETTE, MomsMiami.com Read...read more...// //6 local Catholic schools closing
Conceding it can no longer support financially struggling schools, the Archdiocese of Miami on Thursday said six schools would close and signaled that some surviving institutions could become secular charter schools. The schools to be closed include St. Clement in Wilton Manors, Our Lady of Divine Providence in Sweetwater, Corpus Christi in Allapattah, Sacred Heart in Homestead, St. Francis Xavier in...read more...// //Broward rethinks homework
Danielle Jensen has had days when she couldn't go to dance class because she had so much homework. She wanted to join the volleyball team, but decided she couldn't juggle the practice with her studies. Sometimes she even brings her books to the dinner table. Danielle, 11, is in sixth grade. "It's sad to watch your 11-year-old kind of start acting like an 18-year-old,''...read more...// //Schools pump up PE
When the talk turns to physical education, several things probably come to mind: running, jumping jacks, team sports, sweat. But walking to and from lunch? No way, say state legislators and health experts, who were concerned that some schools were using the time it took to walk across campus to meet a state law that said elementary school kids need to have 150 minutes of physical education a week....read more...// //How to help your child's school
From the school bus gas fund to the cafeteria food bills, schools across the nation are suffering this year. Throw South Florida's deep budget cuts into the mix, and you find schools more dependent than ever on contributions from parents and local businesses. A Miami-based charity makes it easy to help local schools. At Adopt-a-Classroom, parents can donate money online to a public or private school teacher...read more...// //Parents protest China schools' collapse
By TIM JOHNSON , McClatchy Newspapers JUYUAN, China -- Parents seething over the earthquake-triggered collapse of school buildings that killed their children are starting to take action. The protests, if they grow, could prove embarrassing for officials worried that a spotlight may be placed on shoddy construction of schools that led to the deaths of thousands of students in a May 12...read more...// //Boy-girl gap narrowing in school
BY QUEENIE WONG, McClatchy News Service WASHINGTON -- Both boys and girls are doing better in school, so there's no reason to fear that school systems favor girls at boys' expense, a women's advocacy group says in a study to be released Tuesday. It's the freshest argument in the boys vs. girls debate in education, one in which the group, the...read more...// //Anti-bullying bill passes
BY HANNAH SAMPSON and BREANNE GILPATRICK , hsampson@MiamiHerald.com For the last several years, proponents of anti-bullying legislation have fought for a state law that would prohibit harassment of students. Every year, the bills failed. But on Wednesday, supporters were cheering after the Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act unanimously passed the Florida Senate; it previously got...read more...// //One mom fights to stop bullies
Jeff Johnston would have been graduating from high school this year, making plans for college and contemplating a future full of possibilities. "People said, 'That little boy, he could change the world,'‚'' said his mother, Debbie Johnston. Her son with the "old soul,'' big, brown eyes and serious chess skills died in 2005. The Cape Coral teen committed...read more...// //Schools prepare for budget cuts
BY GARY FINEOUT, NIRVI SHAH AND HANNAH SAMPSON, gfineout@miamiherald.com South Florida schools can expect less money for textbooks, minimal raises for teachers and some jobs to be frozen as school districts absorb more than $100 million in budget cuts that will likely be ordered by the Florida Legislature. The only reason the damage won't be worse is that both Miami-Dade and Broward school officials were bracing for much...read more...// //Schools may ban energy drinks
BY NIRVI SHAH, nshah@MiamiHerald.com Four teenagers from Falcon Cove Middle School in Weston were taken to a hospital emergency room this month, their hearts racing and bodies dripping with sweat. The substance that sent them there was the energy and weight-loss drink Redline, which packs all the caffeine of coffee, and more: Its half-dozen added ingredients are claimed to lift mood and energy levels,...read more...// //Broward leads FCAT resistance
BY NIRVI SHAH, nshah@miamiherald.com It started out a decade ago as a simple test, but the FCAT has become a high-stakes trial that determines a school's reputation -- and a frenzied academic culture has evolved to handle it. Diplomas, grade-level promotions and teacher bonuses ride on the annual exams in reading, writing, math and science. Instructors lob practice questions at students all year long. Students are rewarded...read more...Norland sub ousted over text messages
BY EVAN S. BENN, ebenn@MiamiHerald.com The parent of a Miami Norland Senior High sophomore said she was alarmed when her daughter showed her the text messages a substitute teacher sent to her cellphone: ''Put on something sexy,'' one read. Another: ``Pretty black girl, you make me want to come through this phone and bite you.'' Antonia Pascal of North Miami said she informed school officials as...read more...
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