High School Education

A Life In Pictures

Billy & Bob Go Hialeah

John Frusciante

Curtains Record Collection

Heard It Through the Grapevine

Dade high schools are equipped with special rumor-control phones. Or so we've been told.

Last November Gets Respectable

Dade high schools are equipped with special rumor-control phones. Or so we've been told.

Last November Tries Transit

Dade high schools are equipped with special rumor-control phones. Or so we've been told.

Beach High Rock Ensemble Rock School Auditorium

Rock and roll will never die. Here's a video of the Miami Beach Senior High School Rock Ensemble playing "Black Water" by The Doobie Brothers at a recently uploaded performance in the high school's auditorium. Good to know that with all the talk about budget cuts and elimination of arts programs ... More >>

The Wages of Skin

David Ruffner got the tatoo, but his old man is the one who's really needled

After the Brawl

Everybody heard about the tussle between white cops and black students but the discord at Coral Gables High goes far deeper than that

Living Vicariously

No fair that kids get to go to cool summer camps!

Arsht Loves the Kids

Don’t be fooled by the stick figures; these artists have talent.

The She-Zebra

Will Erin Meehan be the first female ref in the NFL?

Real Life 101

Will Erin Meehan be the first female ref in the NFL?

Lela Elam's Elan

Will Erin Meehan be the first female ref in the NFL?

Teenage Time-Out

Drop off the adolescents for a rockin’ night out

Nerd Love

Geeky, freaky teen virgins attempt to get knocked up in Superbad, produced by guess who?

Summertime Guffaws

Geeky, freaky teen virgins attempt to get knocked up in Superbad, produced by guess who?

Backwoods Bildungsroman

Geeky, freaky teen virgins attempt to get knocked up in Superbad, produced by guess who?

It's Soooo High School

And that's a compliment to Rian Johnson's teen detective noir

Stationary Travel

And that's a compliment to Rian Johnson's teen detective noir

Assault 'n' Prepper

A reckless cop goes undercover as the Underclassman

Kickin' Metal Ass

A reckless cop goes undercover as the Underclassman

The Unwanted Test

It wasn't part of the school curriculum, and for one girl who is HIV-positive, it was a bad idea

BEST PLACE TO MEET SINGLE WOMEN

Wyndham Miami Beach Resort

Big Deal

A good idea grows up into a missed opportunity

BEST PARKING IN MIAMI BEACH

Twelfth Street between Alton and Michigan avenues

Rockin' MAM

Rock & Roll/JAM at MAM

Something Rotten

Trainloads of food go to waste while thousands of kids go unfed, courtesy of the school lunch program

Class Above

It's amazing what one teacher can do when he puts his mind to it

New World, Old Woes

The battle to restore funding for the New World School of the Arts is under way

Best Fried Chicken

Jumbo's Restaurant

Never Too Small to Break the Rules

Andrea Loring got tired of seeing private high schools recruit star basketball players. But she had no idea busting them would bring her such grief.

Thus Spake the Super

Miami-Dade school chief Roger Cuevas is cracking down on sports abuses. Again.

The Truly Amazing Game

No football rivalry in the nation tops the contest between Jackson and Northwestern high schools. But the Soul Bowl's success could also be its ruin.

Real to Reel

When an old friend told me she had produced and directed a major motion picture, I was pleasantly surprised. Then she told me what the movie was about.

Trippy Tribe Jive

Buddha Lou, Chava, Space Hippie, Caveman, Earthman, Yaima, and the rest of the gang get down Sundays in the Grove. Let Them Be.

Jason Taylor and Fins Still Nervously Flirting, But Will They Hook Up Again?

For the benefit of all the middle-aged lady fans Jason Taylor picked up during his stint on Dancing with the Stars, let's break down his current free-agent situation in Romantic Comedy terms. See, basically Jason Taylor and the Dolphins (played by Cameron Diaz) are soul mates. They had some rea ... More >>

Coconut Grove man has arm hair fit for Guinness World Records

For the benefit of all the middle-aged lady fans Jason Taylor picked up during his stint on Dancing with the Stars, let's break down his current free-agent situation in Romantic Comedy terms. See, basically Jason Taylor and the Dolphins (played by Cameron Diaz) are soul mates. They had some rea ... More >>

Holy Moly! World Record-Breaking Guacamole Event this Sunday

Photo by Lina PabónChef Michael Schwartz working with John A. Ferguson Senior High School students to perfect their guacamole entry for Sunday's competition.It's fall in South Florida, This mean your neighbors with hundreds of ripe avocados have you under siege. "Take one." "Take one" "Take one." J ... More >>

BANG for Charity

Photo by Lina PabónChef Michael Schwartz working with John A. Ferguson Senior High School students to perfect their guacamole entry for Sunday's competition.It's fall in South Florida, This mean your neighbors with hundreds of ripe avocados have you under siege. "Take one." "Take one" "Take one." J ... More >>

News Roundup: Forgetful Grandmother Charged in Baby's Death

The grandmother who accidently left a 3-month-old baby in a car to die is being charged with aggravated manslaughter. Temperatures in the car reached 134 degrees. [PBPost]She's out on a $10,000 bond. [CBS4]Five Miami-Dade high schools make a national list of the 100 best high schools. [Herald]A crui ... More >>

The Young and the Restless

The grandmother who accidently left a 3-month-old baby in a car to die is being charged with aggravated manslaughter. Temperatures in the car reached 134 degrees. [PBPost]She's out on a $10,000 bond. [CBS4]Five Miami-Dade high schools make a national list of the 100 best high schools. [Herald]A crui ... More >>

Jason Taylor Drags His Feet on Decision

Jason Taylor is like the pretty girl at the High School prom who used to go steady with the prom king (The Dolphins), and showed up single just in case there was a chance they could rekindle it. But The Dolphins seem taken with the hot new exchange student at the moment (Brandon Marshall). Sure, the ... More >>

Poetry in Motion

Jason Taylor is like the pretty girl at the High School prom who used to go steady with the prom king (The Dolphins), and showed up single just in case there was a chance they could rekindle it. But The Dolphins seem taken with the hot new exchange student at the moment (Brandon Marshall). Sure, the ... More >>

Where the Wild Things Are

Jason Taylor is like the pretty girl at the High School prom who used to go steady with the prom king (The Dolphins), and showed up single just in case there was a chance they could rekindle it. But The Dolphins seem taken with the hot new exchange student at the moment (Brandon Marshall). Sure, the ... More >>

Fabolous performs at Cameo

Find out what Loso's Way 2 has in store Saturday, September 4.

North Miami Beach Senior High on Lockdown After Robbery Attempt

​In today's news roundup: A local high school is on lock down, not one but two separate incidents of Carbon Monoxide poisoning sent 13 people to hospitals, a deadly crash on I95 kills two, while a boat crash near Haulover Marina send a woman to the hospital. The only good news in today's news wrap ... More >>

FAIR-y tales: The immigration saga continues

​In today's news roundup: A local high school is on lock down, not one but two separate incidents of Carbon Monoxide poisoning sent 13 people to hospitals, a deadly crash on I95 kills two, while a boat crash near Haulover Marina send a woman to the hospital. The only good news in today's news wrap ... More >>

Miami Named Worst-Run City in America, Hialeah is Tenth

​Congratulations Miami-Dade County! We're home to not one, but two of the ten worst-run cities in the entire United States of America. The City of Miami came first on 24/7 Wall Street's list. That would be bad enough, but citizens of Miami proper may be even more devastated ;to find that their cit ... More >>

White Kids in Florida Do So Many More Drugs Than Minorities, According to DCF Survey

​The amount of Florida middle and high school students who have used drugs, cigarettes or alcohol continues to decline according to the latest survey by the State's Department of Children and Families. The findings represent a steady decline in substance abuse by teens in the state since 2002, wit ... More >>