Subject:

Alberto Carvalho

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Turned Down a Job in the Obama Administration

    Most local officials would jump at the chance to take their talents to Washington. Who wouldn't want national influence? Apparently not Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. He claims he turned down a job offer from Obama's secretary of education Arne Duncan.

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    November 24, 2011

    Miami People 2011

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    November 24, 2011

    Alberto Carvalho: Miracle Man

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    October 20, 2011

    New Times exposé forces McKay scholarship reform

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  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Krop High Appeals $53,000 Fine For Cheating Basketball Team

    Schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho calls the fine "capricious."​Socked with a $53,000 fine for fielding a boy's basketball team that repeatedly trampled the rules last season, Dr. Michael M. Krop's new principal is battling the penalty. In an appeal filed in September with the Florida H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent, Calls for McKay Program Overhaul

    ​In June, New Times published a feature exposing rampant fraud and a near-complete absence of oversight in the $150-million-a-year taxpayer-funded McKay scholarship program for disabled children to attend private schools. One of our readers, it turns out, was Miami-Dade schools superintendent Alb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Edison High's Treasurer Lisa Bradley Charged With Stealing $14K From Troubled School

    via Miami Dade CorrectionsLisa Bradley​Poor Miami Edison Senior High. Just a couple weeks ago, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho had to roll into Tally guns blazing just to keep the Little Haiti institution open; despite big gains from an F to a C ranking, the state could have forced Edison to close ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    John L. Winn Sticks It to Miami Central and Miami Edison

    Meet John L. Winn, destroyer of African-American public schools. ​Interim Florida Education Commissioner John L. Wynn's controversial plan to screw over the students at Miami Edison Senior High and Miami Central Senior High has to be stopped. The state's top education man is proposing that the sch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Bus Drivers Scammed $1 Million From MDPS Insurance, Prosecutors Say

    photo by Schuminweb via Wikimedia Commons​Health care fraud is the hot ticket among Miami's white collar criminals these days, and prosecutors today say they've busted a ring that was recruiting school bus drivers to bilk the Miami-Dade Public School's insurance fund to the tune of at least $1 mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Miami-Dade Institutes First Performance-Based Pay Plan for Teachers in State

    ​Just days after hammering out an agreement that would avoid teacher layoffs in Miami-Dade, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has announced the implementation of the first performance-based pay plan for teachers in the state. Carvalho claims that some teachers could earn more than $100,000 a year, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Source: Shakey Rodriguez Was Forced Out Over Scandal

    ​Happen to read yesterday's fluff piece in the Miami Herald on Marcos "Shakey" Rodriguez's departure from the boy's basketball coaching position at Krop High? Here's the lede: Shakey Rodriguez, the hyper intense, hyper successful and hyper controversial coach who made basketball matter in Miami, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Krop High Scandal: FHSAA Honcho Roger Dearing Responds to the Haters

    ​Florida High School Athletic Association executive director Roger Dearing has taken a lot of heat for the disqualification of the Krop High basketball team and ongoing investigation into the school's entire athletic department. He sent us an op-ed letter, which we've posted below, in which he att ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2010

    Miami-Dade Public Schools administrators knew old buildings threatened students but did almost nothing

    ​Florida High School Athletic Association executive director Roger Dearing has taken a lot of heat for the disqualification of the Krop High basketball team and ongoing investigation into the school's entire athletic department. He sent us an op-ed letter, which we've posted below, in which he att ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Miami-Dade Schools: More Than $2 Billion in Repairs Needed

    Alex Izaguirre​Way too much attention these days is heaped upon paying teachers. Look deeply into the Miami-Dade County Public Schools budget and you'll see that a potentially more disastrous problem lies in the condition of the buildings where our kids study.Later today, on our website and in thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    A Former Miami-Dade Public Schools Principal Avoids Criminal Charges

    Inspector General investigators discovered former high school principal Donald Hoecheryl falsified documents to hide the fact he had spent more than $200,000 in taxpayer money for unauthorized teacher retreats to Hawk's Cay Resort in the Keys and three other hotels.​A two-year investigation by the ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2009

    Blemished Miami-Dade schools bureaucrat Ronda Vangates runs for school board

    Inspector General investigators discovered former high school principal Donald Hoecheryl falsified documents to hide the fact he had spent more than $200,000 in taxpayer money for unauthorized teacher retreats to Hawk's Cay Resort in the Keys and three other hotels.​A two-year investigation by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Solomon Stinson and Miami-Dade Public Schools Top Brass Back Ronda Vangates

    Ronda Vangates was once caught up in one of the worst scandals of Rudy Crew's tenure as Ronda Vangates is Ready to Take Over For Solomon Stinson​Miami-Dade County Public Schools superintendent. Today, the 38-year-old school district bureaucrat is the anointed successor to board member Solomon Stin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Another Teacher Who Cares About the Kids Gets Shafted

    Alex Izaguirre​UPDATE: Ceresta Smith has gotten a temporary reprieve. Miami-Dade Public Schools administrators will not be asking the school board to suspend her today. Spokesman John Schuster says the school district is reviewing the matter.Miami-Dade County Public Schools is railroading another ... More >>

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    October 29, 2009

    Don’t Sit in the Balcony

    Alex Izaguirre​UPDATE: Ceresta Smith has gotten a temporary reprieve. Miami-Dade Public Schools administrators will not be asking the school board to suspend her today. Spokesman John Schuster says the school district is reviewing the matter.Miami-Dade County Public Schools is railroading another ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    News Roundup

    LocalMiami commissioners will vote on whether to build a new children's courthouse today. [Herald]And F.D.O.T. is expected to finally make a decision on the Port of Miami tunnel this week. Gee, so many things are coming to a head this week. Once you commit $2.1 billion to help a private enterprise l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    DeLuzuriaga Lands a PR Job

    Former Herald education reporter Tania deLuzuriaga's fall from grace -- involving an alleged affair with then-assistant superintendent Alberto Carvalho and some dirty sexting -- may have only accelerated her to a fate that may await many of her former newspaper colleagues. She's landed a job in publ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    News Roundup

    The former partners at a major Miami architecture firm are accusing one founder of fraud. [Herald]Wingnuts everywhere rejoice. Miami's ACLU affiliate was forced to cut 20 percent of its staff. [Herald]Authorities rounded up 117 illegal immigrants. Only 30 had previous criminal records. [NBC6]How col ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    Esto solo pasa en Meeyami

    Today, the last day of 2008, Banana Republican highlights his ten favorite news stories of the year, the tales that truly capture life in a sun-drenched, third-world dimension. 10. Marc Sarnoff's Memo to Himself. The Coconut Grove loving city commissioner has a super secret meeting with Joe Arrio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Top Ten Miami News Stories of the Year

    Murder trials, drug busts, hurricane warnings and robberies may continue to grab the "If It Bleeds, It Leads"-headlines but 2008 was a year of events that will continue to affect us well past the changing of the calendar year. Riptide counts down the biggest new stories of 2008. 10. Murder Free ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Carvalho: Let's Sue the State

    Money is tight everywhere, and really, unless you win the lottery or sue someone, your economic future is looking a bit grim. The schools are no exception. They already benefit from Lotto, so the next logical step to scare up some cash is to sue the pants off of someone, and according to Local10, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    News Roundup

    Money is tight everywhere, and really, unless you win the lottery or sue someone, your economic future is looking a bit grim. The schools are no exception. They already benefit from Lotto, so the next logical step to scare up some cash is to sue the pants off of someone, and according to Local10, th ... More >>

  • News

    October 9, 2008

    Letters from the Issue of October 9, 2008

    "The whole situation makes me sick. I have no doubt Pinzur will be Burgess's loyal lap dog"

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    DeLuzuriaga Resigns From Globe Amidst Carvalho Scandal

    "The whole situation makes me sick. I have no doubt Pinzur will be Burgess's loyal lap dog"

  • News

    September 25, 2008

    Selling Out at the Miami Herald

    The newspaper's county hall reporter takes a six-figure job with the very people he was supposed to cover.

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    News Roundup

    The newspaper's county hall reporter takes a six-figure job with the very people he was supposed to cover.

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    As Carvalho’s World Turns

    The newspaper's county hall reporter takes a six-figure job with the very people he was supposed to cover.

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    News Roundup

    The newspaper's county hall reporter takes a six-figure job with the very people he was supposed to cover.

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    Carvalho's Liaison

    The newspaper's county hall reporter takes a six-figure job with the very people he was supposed to cover.

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    The Carvalho Moonwalk

    The newspaper's county hall reporter takes a six-figure job with the very people he was supposed to cover.

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Roger the Dodger

    Who is the superintendent of schools, and why will he keep his job?

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    A No-Class Operation

    Something isn't right at Mays Middle School -- and it's not just because of that bomb threat

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Still Employed After All Those Leers

    What happens when a high-ranking school official gets caught in a hooker sting? Nothing to shout about.

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    That's Rich

    Wanna know how county commissioners earn their keep? Don't bother checking financial disclosure forms.

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Firpomania!

    Firpo Garcia has one big advantage in his school board campaign. His name is Sol Stinson.

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