Education Issues

Academy of Arts and Minds Hasn't Fixed Conflicts of Interest, School Board Auditor Says

Back in June, a Miami-Dade School Board audit skewered a Coconut Grove charter school's seemingly incestuous relationship with its founder and landlord, Manuel Alonso-Poch. Seven months later, school board auditor Jose Montes de Oca claims Academy of Arts and Minds has done next to nothing to addres ... More >>

Floridians Divided On Same-Sex Marriage, Aren't Down With Legalized Pot, New Poll Finds

Florida voters have pulled a Charlie Crist-esque turnaround on gay marriage one month after several states passed LGBT equality measures. But Sunshine State voters still can't get behind another big winner in November's elections -- the marijuana legalization measures in Colorado and Washington.That ... More >>

Luther Campbell Fighting To Stay On the High School Football Field

For decades, former 2 Live Crew frontman and current Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell has been imparting his life wisdom on scores of young African American boys playing little league football in Liberty City. For the past three years, he's been a volunteer coach at Miami Central and Miami ... More >>

Paul Mira, Teacher Who Had Sex With 12-Year-Old Student, Avoids Jail Time

Paul Michael Mira, the former PE director at a Miami charter school, has admitted to having sex with both a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old student, but because of a plea deal struck with prosecutors, the man will not have to serve any time behind bars. Instead, the sexual predator who has basically a ... More >>

Alberto Carvalho: Miracle Man

Racism Starts at Home Then Progresses in School

​Luther "Luke" Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke addresses the absence of bigotry in children.When I drop my 2-year-old son off at day care, I am so amazed at how ... More >>

Miami Teacher Jennie Smith Slams Obama for Sharing Stage with Jeb Bush

​During President Obama's quick trip to Miami on Friday he stopped by Miami Central High School to deliver remarks on education reform and notably shared the stage with Florida's former Republican Gov. Jeb Bush. Afterward, he held a 14-member round table on education, though only one teacher was i ... More >>

Florida Children: Kind of Dumb According to Statistics

​The good news: Florida's children aren't the dumbest. The bad news: they're no where near the smartest, either. According to a new statistical analysis by the listacle-happy Daily Beast, Florida's children are only the 30th smartest kids in America. Our children are painfully average. Like, they' ... More >>

Rise Academy, Miami-Dade's most improved school, closed

Once Upon a Crime

Charlie Crist's Run as an Independent Could Begin By Vetoing SB6

​The deadline to officially register to run for Senate is coming up, and speculation that Gov. Charlie Crist could shift out of the difficult Republican primary against Marco Rubio and run as an independent has reached a fever pitch. Today, the Wall Street Journal reports that Crist is being advis ... More >>

Once Upon a Crime

Free Pizza, New Blue Collar Food Blog

​Free Pizza With BaselLuna Corner Pizza (6815 Biscayne Blvd.) is throwing a grand opening bash this coming Saturday, December 5th, from noon to 6:00 p.m., right smack dab in the middle of the Taste of MiMo festival, right smack dab in the middle of Art Basel. Free tastings of gourmet Italian pizza ... More >>

And a Child Shall Lead Them

Just Don’t Cut Your Ear Off

Just Let Your Soul Glow

It's all about the Hamiltons, baby

What Really Happens in the Ladies' Room

If We Are Women is an entertaining culture-clash coffee klatch for everybody -- honest

Orca Frustration

"As soon as I crossed the Mason-Dixon Line, I knew it was different here"

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of February 22, 2001

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of November 9, 2000