Florida Scores On National Test Improve, But Eighth Graders Still Trail...
Click here to listen to the storyFlorida student scores improved on a key national standardized test, including some of the largest eighth grade reading and math gains in the country.
View ArticleOcean Researcher Tells Students Education Is The Key To Their Dreams
Evan Forde struggled in school while growing up in Miami-Dade. He got poor grades even though his parents were educators.Now, he’s one of the few African American oceanographers in the country.
View ArticleIn Miami-Dade, It Takes A Forest To Feed An Elementary School
Rain is terrible when you’re trying to give tours of your new garden.But it’s great for the spinach, sweet potatoes and purple passion fruit rapidly taking root.On a very rainy day, Kelsey Pharr...
View ArticleTampa Bay Program Helps Fifth Graders Make Sense of Their Financial Futures
Click to ListenThe first time some students learn about finances is during a high school economics class.
View ArticleDespite Losing Grant, Choral Group Still Teaching Miami Students To Sing
As soon as the fourth and fifth graders at Natural Bridge Elementary were handed the lyrics to "Amazing Grace," they were ready to sing out.But first, they needed a lesson in the four voice types of a...
View Article'Scrollathon' Workshops Teach Creativity and Personal Values
Lineth Mardomingo, a third-grader at Coral Terrace Elementary School, calls her latest piece of art, "Spinny Scroll." The piece is inspired by a memory: the time she dropped a crayon on the floor and...
View ArticleFlorida Scores On National Test Improve, But Eighth Graders Still Trail...
Click here to listen to the story Florida student scores improved on a key national standardized test, including some of the largest eighth grade reading and math gains in the country. But Florida...
View ArticleOcean Researcher Tells Students Education Is The Key To Their Dreams
Evan Forde struggled in school while growing up in Miami-Dade. He got poor grades even though his parents were educators. Now, he’s one of the few African American oceanographers in the country. “I...
View ArticleIn Miami-Dade, It Takes A Forest To Feed An Elementary School
Rain is terrible when you’re trying to give tours of your new garden. But it’s great for the spinach, sweet potatoes and purple passion fruit rapidly taking root. On a very rainy day, Kelsey Pharr...
View ArticleTampa Bay Program Helps Fifth Graders Make Sense of Their Financial Futures
Click to Listen The first time some students learn about finances is during a high school economics class. Others learn by trial and error, but one program in the Tampa Bay area already has a history...
View ArticleDespite Losing Grant, Choral Group Still Teaching Miami Students To Sing
As soon as the fourth and fifth graders at Natural Bridge Elementary were handed the lyrics to "Amazing Grace," they were ready to sing out. But first, they needed a lesson in the four voice types of a...
View Article'Scrollathon' Workshops Teach Creativity and Personal Values
Lineth Mardomingo, a third-grader at Coral Terrace Elementary School, calls her latest piece of art, "Spinny Scroll." The piece is inspired by a memory: the time she dropped a crayon on the floor and...
View ArticleThe Sunroom: A Place For Young Miami Poets
Elementary students from three Liberty City schools spent the last two months meeting once a week to write poetry, and some of it has ended up in some unusual places. Like gas stations. And buses....
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