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Florida Department of Education

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    May 16, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Shawn Loftis, Globe-Trotting Gay Porn Star, Rehired As Miami-Dade Public School Teacher

    ​Shawn Loftis was a popular sub at Miami Beach High and a handful of other Miami-Dade schools until he was abruptly canned in January 2011. His crime? A past life as a gay porn performer under the screen name Collin O'Neal, including his own erotic series -- "World of Men" -- featuring Loftis cavo ... More >>

  • News

    December 29, 2011

    Mavericks charter schools don't live up to big promises

    ​Shawn Loftis was a popular sub at Miami Beach High and a handful of other Miami-Dade schools until he was abruptly canned in January 2011. His crime? A past life as a gay porn performer under the screen name Collin O'Neal, including his own erotic series -- "World of Men" -- featuring Loftis cavo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Miami-Dade Graduation Rate Hits High: Now Higher than Broward Schools

    ​The number of students receiving a diploma four years after starting high school in Florida has hit an all time high, with a graduation rate of 80.1 percent in 2010-11. That's up from only 70.3 percent of students who graduated in 2007. Hispanic students and Miami-Dade students in particular have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    FIU Applicant Sues State of Florida Over Immigration Issue

    via gopanthersrentals.com​FIU boasts that its student body "reflects the vibrant diversity of South Florida." But students like Wendy Ruiz need not apply.Ruiz, an honor student at Miami Dade College, tried to fill out the online application last year but got stuck on a question about her parents, ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    New Times exposé forces McKay scholarship reform

    via gopanthersrentals.com​FIU boasts that its student body "reflects the vibrant diversity of South Florida." But students like Wendy Ruiz need not apply.Ruiz, an honor student at Miami Dade College, tried to fill out the online application last year but got stuck on a question about her parents, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Michael Kooi, Head of Fraud-Plagued McKay Scholarship Program, Talks to Riptide About Reform

    ​What a difference three months makes. In July, after New Times published a feature exposing a disastrous lack of oversight in a $150-million-a-year taxpayer-funded voucher program for disabled kids, Florida Department of Education honcho Michael Kooi said this newspaper "should be ashamed" of ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2011

    Miami-Dade teacher Shawn Loftis fired over gay porn career

    ​What a difference three months makes. In July, after New Times published a feature exposing a disastrous lack of oversight in a $150-million-a-year taxpayer-funded voucher program for disabled kids, Florida Department of Education honcho Michael Kooi said this newspaper "should be ashamed" of ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2011

    A notorious Miami football recruiter has a new "diploma mill"

    ​What a difference three months makes. In July, after New Times published a feature exposing a disastrous lack of oversight in a $150-million-a-year taxpayer-funded voucher program for disabled kids, Florida Department of Education honcho Michael Kooi said this newspaper "should be ashamed" of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Broward College Bans Diploma Mill Grads After New Times Investigation, But Miami Dade Still Wants 'Em

    The diploma we purchased for $399.After a New Times story exposed a local diploma mill that was peddling high school degrees for $399, Broward College has banned "graduates" from the InterAmerican Christian Academy. But Miami Dade College, the most prominent public academy in the state, won't do t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Florida School Choice Honcho Says We Should Be "Ashamed" Of Our McKay Scholarship Story

    ​Last week, New Times published "Rotten to the Core", a cover story exposing the Florida Department of Education's failure to properly oversee schools receiving money from the McKay Scholarship, a state voucher program paying private school tuition for disabled students. The consequences, as ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    McKay scholarship program sparks a cottage industry of fraud and chaos

    ​Last week, New Times published "Rotten to the Core", a cover story exposing the Florida Department of Education's failure to properly oversee schools receiving money from the McKay Scholarship, a state voucher program paying private school tuition for disabled students. The consequences, as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Miami Dade College Will Continue to Accept Those $399 HS Diplomas, Thank You Very Much

    Barry, have you heard of the InterAmerican Christian Academy?​There's something wrong with, well, everything, when the most prominent public college in the state decrees that it will still accept degrees from a high school that was just debunked as a diploma mill. Over eight days ending last ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    Doral school awards dubious diplomas

    Barry, have you heard of the InterAmerican Christian Academy?​There's something wrong with, well, everything, when the most prominent public college in the state decrees that it will still accept degrees from a high school that was just debunked as a diploma mill. Over eight days ending last ... More >>

  • News

    March 31, 2011

    Coach Bernard Wright's talent trap

    Barry, have you heard of the InterAmerican Christian Academy?​There's something wrong with, well, everything, when the most prominent public college in the state decrees that it will still accept degrees from a high school that was just debunked as a diploma mill. Over eight days ending last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Rise Academy Wins A ppeal vs. Miami-Dade School District

    Vindicated: Rise principal Gemma Torcivia may soon have her school running once more​Three months after Rise Academy was shut down without warning, the Florida City charter school has won its appeal against the Miami-Dade School District. But that doesn't mean classes are about to start again.As N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Despite FCAT Worries, McCollum and Scott Still Pushing Senate Bill 6

    Standardized tests: Fair assessments or four hours of soul-killing stress?​When Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed "Teacher Tenure" Senate Bill 6 in April, teachers prayed the legislation was gone for good. Not so fast.SB 6 is back ahead of schedule, becoming a central talking point for Bill McCollum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    No Child Left To Die

    Standardized tests: Fair assessments or four hours of soul-killing stress?​When Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed "Teacher Tenure" Senate Bill 6 in April, teachers prayed the legislation was gone for good. Not so fast.SB 6 is back ahead of schedule, becoming a central talking point for Bill McCollum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    Board of Education Labels Evolution a "Theory"

    Standardized tests: Fair assessments or four hours of soul-killing stress?​When Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed "Teacher Tenure" Senate Bill 6 in April, teachers prayed the legislation was gone for good. Not so fast.SB 6 is back ahead of schedule, becoming a central talking point for Bill McCollum ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2004

    Junk Bonds

    Giant bronze dolphins and Miccosukees in the golf zone

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Density Turns on the Radio

    WLRN grovels; school board makes vote count

  • Culture

    April 1, 2004

    Miami's Hidden Past

    An artist acts on his discovery that the city was born in slavery

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Roger the Dodger

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

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    The Coach's Record

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

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Rich Thug, Poor Thug

    How gangs overran a school in an affluent neighborhood. And how administrators reclaimed it.

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    How to Succeed in Education Without Really Studying

    Superintendent Roger Cuevas and a few dozen of his top administrators received graduate degrees from diploma mills. No wonder Dade's schools are in such great shape.

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